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ONSIDE / ROUND TABLE

Investment for entrepreneurs
Michael Taylor: As an entrepreneurial
investor where do you see the
opportunities, Richard?
Richard Matthewman: I think, as Ian
said, it's given much more scale to the
group. It's generated a lot of interest
with the investors who can really see
that we are now going somewhere with
Seneca. This has been a brilliant start
to 2014 for Seneca, because we've got
a lot of good news stories anyway and
this is the icing on the cake. I think it's
given an opportunity for some people
who want to invest in funds as well as
investing in businesses. I see a lot of
cross-fertilisation between investors.

Alex Dymock: I think our investors
get an opportunity to have their
"sleep safe at night" money parked
with Seneca, as well as their more
exciting investments into businesses
that they're going to get more
involved with. It sits well with the
people who have trusted us with
their money already. We can now
offer them something that, compared
to the cost of a private bank or a
discretionary fund manager, gives
them the same result with a lower
cost. But they still have elements
where they see the fund manager in
the same way they could go and see
their portfolio manager.
Melanie Hird: Seneca is a fairly new
brand, even though there's longevity

behind the individuals and what they
do. You talk about funds under
management, you talk about the
investor base that's working with us;
you talk about the opportunities that
we look at. But they still may not
understand the business. Then you
tell them that Seneca has £450 million
under management, it changes what
people think. They look at you
differently. It's certainly helped us in
Yorkshire, because people realise that
we're here to stay.
RM: And I think it'll give Seneca
more of a presence in London on
the investment management side. It
should provide opportunities for all
the other parts of the business that
we are operating in as well.



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