UK-based investment specialist Chikara Investments LLP has promoted Theo Wyld to Portfolio Manager/Analyst for the Chikara Japan Income & Growth Fund and the CC Japan Income & Growth Trust plc.
Theo joined Chikara as an analyst in October 2024 from Ruffer LLP where he was latterly co-manager of the Ruffer Japanese Fund. He started at Ruffer in 2018, initially as an analyst. Prior to this, he spent three years as a research analyst covering UK equities in addition to selected global names at JM Finn. Theo graduated from Durham University with a degree in Mathematics, before completing a masters in the Mathematics of Finance at Columbia University, NYC.
Theo is part of the Japanese investment team, working with Portfolio Manager/Analyst Megumi Takayama and Richard Aston. Richard manages the Chikara Japan Income & Growth Fund, launched in January 2013 and the CC Japan Income & Growth Trust plc, launched in December 2015, which has a five-star Morningstar rating and is the best five-year share price total return performer in the Association of Investment Companies’ Japan sector.
The strategy targets the growing pool of companies in Japan committed to increasing shareholder returns through stable and sustainable dividend policies, as a result of extensive corporate governance reform.
On the promotion, James Tollemache, CEO of Chikara, said:
“We are pleased to announce Theo’s promotion to Portfolio Manager and Analyst of the Chikara Income & Growth Fund and the CC Japan Income & Growth Trust plc. Theo has become an important part of the experienced Chikara Japanese investment team further deepening their considerable knowledge of the Japanese market.
“The team is fully equipped to continue to capture the opportunities within Japan arising from ongoing improvements in corporate governance.”
