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Ariel Bezalel has run the Jupiter Strategic Bond fund since its launch in June 2008

Up-and-coming managers catch eye of investment houses

Investment houses are grooming the next generation of fund managers that they hope will deliver bumper double-digit returns over the next few years and help to restore the public's faith in the industry. Succession planning has always been seen as the key to success in a ferociously competitive environment, and this is growing in importance, with a number of current star managers now approaching their mid-fifties.

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Valerie Challis: 'I'm so pleased we realised before it was too late that we could claim directly without having to go through the heir-locator firm at all'

A lost legacy? Lucky you – but watch out for greedy heir-hunters' fees

Firms which knock on your door offering riches from a dead relative usually want their share

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