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difficult to profit from stock picking. Roden who had stopped managing the fund in 2016 to run
Lansdowne itself supported the decision and tried to convince the firm's management team to accept the plan. However the management team could not agree on what strategy the firm should take and in the end and the firm's original founders did not want to dilute their shares to incentivise new teams. As a result, the plan never materialized and Rodden left in September 2018 citing frustrations at the failed attempt to diversify the firm.
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