Team
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Wesley Richards
Wesley has worked with LTG since 2014 after starting Frontier Asset in 2009, a research and consulting service focussed on emerging markets. He now runs an in-house Asia equity fund with Rupert with an emphasis on the Asian middle class growth, formalisation and premiumisation trends.
Before becoming a financial services professional, Wesley worked for eight years in the non-profit sector for a non-denominational church and registered charity. He also served as a Local Councillor, 2015-2019, for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
Wesley has a BSc in Economics from the University of London and an MSc from the London School of Economics. He later completed a Graduate Diploma in Law at BPP University Law School and was Called to the Bar by the Middle Temple. He is a CFA Charterholder.
A former international rower, he now supports his sons from the towpath.
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Rupert Foster
Rupert has worked for LTG since 2014 and Blue Coast Capital since 2017 where he runs an in-house Asia equity fund with Wesley. Between 2018-2021, they achieved top decile performance and currently top quartile.
Rupert started his career at Mercury Asset Management (now Blackrock) in 1994 where he worked in both London and Tokyo running Japanese equity funds.
From 2001 until 2015 Rupert managed three hedge funds in London, Tokyo and Western Australia (The Japan Pragmatist Fund, Matrix Asia Fund and Azure Asian Pragmatist Fund), running over $1bn of assets for those funds. He was nominated for Asia hedge fund of the year in 2005.
Rupert graduated from Edinburgh University with a MA Hons in History. He is a keen cricket fan, playing for his local village and supports Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.