Born
Sep. 1958
Graduates from Eton College and heads to Hatfield College, Durham
1975
Graduates from Durham University with a bachelor’s in general arts
Begins work at Central Bank of Finance for the Church of England and then onto Windsor Investment Management
1979
Joins Jupiter Asset Management
Jun. 1989
Pease launches and starts managing his first fund, the Jupiter European fund, which he continues to run for 10 years until January 2001
Jan. 1991
Launches the Jupiter European Special Situations fund, which he manages for two years until April 2001. The fund is currently managed by Mark Nichols and Sohil Chotai
Feb. 1999
Helps set up New Star Asset Management, where he launches and manages its European Growth (£3bn at peak), European Growth Hedge ($950m) and European Growth Sicav (€3bn/$3bn at peak) funds
2001
Launches Henderson’s European Special Situations fund, which he continues to run for the next 13 years until his high-profile departure from the asset manager in October 2014
Jul. 2001
Records his 40th consecutive month as a Citywire-rated manager for his New Star European Growth fund, a record only second to the then Artemiss European manager Philip Westencroft
Aug. 2007
Henderson Global Investors acquires New Star Asset Management; Pease becomes the director of European equities and continues to run New Star’s European funds
Apr. 2009
Launches and manages the Henderson European Special Situations fund
Sep. 2009
Enters 38th consecutive month as a Citywire-rated manager, two months short of his streak in August 2007
Aug. 2011
Resigns from Henderson to found Crux Asset Management. As part of the move he takes the £1.2bn Henderson European Special Situations fund with him through a scheme of arrangement. Continues to manage the fund with James Milne at Crux
Oct. 2014
With Milne, launches Crux’s European fund, which they continue to manage today
Oct. 2015
Sues Henderson Global Investors for breaching the terms of its contract with him and failing to pay him £2.7m
Feb. 2016
Crux launches its European Special Situations Feeder fund (Sicav) for European investors. This was later renamed the Crux (Lux) European Special Situations fund
May 2017
Wins the two-year long court case he had with former employer Henderson Global Investors
Apr. 2018
Records a third streak with another 34 consecutive months as a Citywire-rated manager
Sep. 2018