I'm Used to Volatile Markets - and Now I Hope My Clients Are Too ; Gartmore's 28-Year-Old Fund Boss Soothes His Nervous Investors After Shares Plummet On the Chinese Rollercoaster

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CHINA'S rapid growth has made it the place to have your money invested.

But fears of a worldwide recession have caused shares in some Chinese companies to plunge - and there could be worse to come.

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I'm Used to Volatile Markets - and Now I Hope My Clients Are Too ; Gartmore's 28-Year-Old Fund Boss Soothes His Nervous Investors After Shares Plummet On the Chinese Rollercoaster

JEFF PRESTRIDGE, personal finance editor, met Charlie Awdry, who last year took the Gartmore China Opportunities fund to the top of the performance charts, but who has since found life more difficult.

ONLY 18 months ago, Charlie Awdry was catapulted into frontline fund management. To say he has had a roller coaster introduction to the demands of making money for investors is an understatement. Not even a ride on B...

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