Sir Richard Peter Pease, 4th Baronet (born September 1958) is a British fund manager, who manages the TM Crux European and TM Crux European Special Situations funds for Crux Asset Management, which he founded in 2014.

Early life

Pease was born in September 1958. He is the only son of Sir Richard Pease, 3rd Baronet, and his wife, Anne Heyworth, and is the 4th baronet of the

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. He was educated at Eton, followed by a bachelor's degree from

Durham University Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...

. During his time at Durham, Pease was a member of

Hatfield College Hatfield College is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University in England. It occupies a city centre site above the River Wear on the World Heritage Site peninsula, lying adjacent to North Bailey and only a short distance from Durha ...

Career

He was head of European equities at Jupiter Asset Management, before joining Henderson Global Investors, where he was director of European equities. In February 2016, it was reported that Pease was suing his former employer Henderson Global Investors for £2.7 million in respect of unpaid income for the 2012 to 2014 period. In his investment approach, Pease has been called the "European equivalent to

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Personal life

He is married to Victoria "Vita" Pease (maiden name also Pease), who was born in Brazil. Pease is the daughter of an economics professor father. In 2016, she published her first novel, ''Playing FTSE'' under the pen-name Penelope Jacobs. They live in

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, London, and have two sons and a daughter, and two older sons from Pease's first marriage. Pease bought the 10-bedroom 17th-century Newland House in

Newland, Gloucestershire Newland is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. situated on the east side of the River Wye, south-east of Monmouth. It is notable for its parish church of All Saints, known as the 'Cathedral of the Fore ...

, in 2011, and was renovating it, when it was "completely gutted" by fire in April 2012.

References

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Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham