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Matt is a portfolio manager in the Active Strategies Equity team. He joined L&G in 2024 from Insight Investment where he was a Senior Portfolio Manager with responsibility for UK Income and Long/Short market neutral strategies. Matt graduated from Loughborough University with a BSc in Economics with Accounting. He has been a CFA charterholder since 2008.

The rising tide of buybacks in UK equity markets

More companies are conducting buybacks, with increased scale and frequency. What was once an occasional capital management lever is fast becoming a structural and fundamental element of corporate financial strategy.

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