The fund management world has recently become enamoured with the idea of succession planning. Gone are the days of promising clients that a genius fund manager will continue to manage their cash into his or her later years.

Now, the emphasis is on bringing through the next generation of talent, bench strength and long-term planning for when wise, older heads decide to step back.

However, it has become a two-way street in the sense that the selection community needs to keep one eye on the current top performers but also be mindful of those most likely to fill their shoes.

Citywire Selector’s 40 Under 40 is now in its fourth edition since it was first launched in 2019 and we are once again able to provide the requisite range of quality pan-European fund pickers who have yet to hit 40.

Previous classes have contended with the onset of Covid, the dawn of hybrid working and everything in between, but this year’s coterie faces a period of aggressive central bank normalisation, war in Europe and an uncertain outlook for most asset classes.

So, what’s keeping them up at night, what are their biggest successes so far and what are the biggest lessons they’ve learnt? Dive in to find out what these promising names are focusing on, where they are based and also a snapshot of the average make-up of the class of 2022/23.