24 Jun 2025 - Investing

Conversation with Cornelian

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David Appleton

Senior Investment Director

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In a volatile global market shaped by US trade policy, rising interest rates and fiscal uncertainty, the Cornelian Fund range maintained a cautiously diversified approach with an emphasis on resilient assets like fixed income, infrastructure and real estate.


This is the second edition in the Conversation with Cornelian video series, featuring David Appleton, Senior Investment Director at Brooks Macdonald.

David reviews the Cornelian Fund range’s performance over the three months to May. He also discusses rising long-term interest rates and growing concerns over fiscal sustainability in developed economies.

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About the Author

David Appleton

David joined Brooks Macdonald in 2020 and is jointly responsible for managing the risk managed multi-asset fund solutions.

Prior to this, David worked at Cornelian Asset Managers, before its acquisition by Brooks Macdonald, where he joined the investment team in 2013 and helped to develop the firm’s risk managed multi-asset fund proposition to financial advisors. He also worked for 10 years at Alder Investment Management, a London-based family office, and has 17 years’ experience in financial services.

David studied Economics at the University of Edinburgh before obtaining an MSc in International Banking & Finance from Heriot Watt University. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).

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