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Fund managers feel misrepresented by Woodford — we have to fix it

A recent BBC documentary has left many in the industry feeling aggrieved, but it’s up to us to put things right

Fund managers feel misrepresented by Woodford — we have to fix it
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Last month, I sat down with a reporter and film crew from the BBC’s long-running documentary series Panorama to record an interview about the Woodford Investment Management saga.

I was told the programme was intended to put our entire industry under a microscope, to view some of our practices for better and worse. But it would look particularly at Neil Woodford, who the show billed as “the rock star of investors” – a phrase that made me chuckle when I watched.

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