Roy Swain

Investment Director

Roy is responsible for ensuring that our clients’ requirements are at the centre of the Tacit investment process at all times. He has over 30 years’ investment experience gained in senior roles at Deutsche Bank and Societe Generale Investment Management.

Events that influenced us most

Market crash trade screen

Black Monday, 1987

Too many private client investors were encouraged by the popular press and privatisation campaigns to expect to make a fast buck, but investing in stock markets should always be long-term. Investors should always build in a suitable buffer to absorb losses and then sit tight in the teeth of a gale because the problem with bailing out is that you can never be sure when to get back in again.