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News from Kernow

Current activity, independent recognition and the milestones that have shaped the firm since 2019.

August 2026 · Milestone

Seven years of independent thinking

Kernow reflects on the firm’s journey since 2019 and the discipline required to build an investment business differently.

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Media coverage

A rather beautiful view

Alyx Wood writes in The Spectator about Kernow’s founding story and contrarian approach to UK equities.

Company milestones

Building Kernow

2019Kernow established

Founders Alyx and Ed meet to discuss starting Kernow at a coffee shop in the City of London.

2020FCA authorisation

Kernow receives approval as a MiFID investment manager.

2021Cornwall office

The firm opens its first office in Cornwall.

2022UK OEIC launches

The YFS Kernow Equity Navigator Fund opens.

2025HFJ award winner

Recognition for Best Performing UK Equity Long/Short Fund.

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  1. Alyx writes for Citywire on the Schroders sale and asset managers’ drive to survive
  2. Alyx discusses UK equity opportunities and market dispersion with CNBC
  3. YFS Kernow Equity Navigator Fund becomes available on Hargreaves Lansdown
  4. Alyx presents “Profits the Hard Way” at Mello London
  5. Citywire features the YFS Kernow Equity Navigator Fund
  6. Alyx shares three stock decisions against a backdrop of a new world order
  7. Alyx joins Bryan O’Carroll for “All in… on the UK?”
  8. Alyx presents at Mello Birmingham
  9. Alyx joins the Strand Global Macro Fund Talks podcast
  10. Kernow joins Investment Week’s boutiques panel
  11. Kernow’s investment record passes the 100% return milestone
  12. Alyx joins The Buy-Side Brief podcast
  13. The Hedge Fund Journal features Kernow’s Sohn Conference appearance
  14. Alyx presents at the Sohn Conference
  15. Alyx features on the In the Company of Mavericks podcast
  16. Kernow’s sixth anniversary at the Maas Gallery with Andy Brough as guest of honour
  17. Kernow participates in Boutiques Breakfast
  18. Ed talks boutiques on the GemCap Academy podcast
  19. Capital Employed interviews Alyx about Kernow’s investment approach
  20. Ed joins In the Company of Mavericks to discuss boutique fund management
  21. Kernow wins Best Performing UK Equity Long/Short Fund at The Hedge Fund Journal Performance Awards
  22. Forbes features Alyx’s Card Factory and Kistos investment ideas
  23. Hedge Fund Alpha interviews Kernow for Hidden Value Stocks
  24. Alyx speaks at Hedgeweek’s Funds of the Future Europe conference
  25. Alyx joins Bloomberg’s Merryn Talks Money podcast
  26. Citywire’s David Kempton names the YFS Kernow Equity Navigator Fund as one to watch
  27. Kernow hosts a fifth-anniversary reception with Anthony Bolton
  28. Kernow featured in Portfolio Adviser: “The UK equity winter has ended”
  29. Alyx joins The Clockwork CIO podcast
  30. Alyx Wood quoted in Hedgeweek’s “Hedge Funds in H1” publication
  31. Kernow named one of The Hedge Fund Journal’s Tomorrow’s Titans
  32. Kernow attends the TAIC Boutique Manager Event in Zurich
  33. Alyx Wood presents at the London Value Investor Conference
  34. Ed Hugo takes part in an AYU Emerging Manager Conference fireside chat
  35. Kernow listed as an external fund manager backed by Norges Bank Investment Management
  36. Alyx Wood speaks at the Hedgeweek European Emerging Manager Summit
  37. Alyx Wood speaks to Opalesque: Capturing contrarian UK Alpha
  38. Kernow celebrates its third anniversary
  39. First edition of The Kernow Journal
  40. Kernow hosts its portfolio companies’ CEO dinner
  41. Kernow shares its insights in Hedgeweek’s emerging managers report
  42. YFS Kernow Equity Navigator Fund launches
  43. Alyx Wood joins Atallo for a macro webinar
  44. Kernow attends the GPFO St George’s Day Investment Club
  45. Alyx Wood speaks on the Asymmetric podcast
  46. Kernow attends the HFM European Emerging Managers Summit
  47. FCA approval of the YFS Kernow Equity Navigator Fund
  48. Kernow attends the AYU Emerging Manager Conference
  49. Alyx Wood joins the LSE Investing Matters podcast
  50. Alyx Wood speaks at the Hedgeweek Emerging Managers Summit
  51. Kernow opens its Cornwall office
  52. Kernow celebrates its second anniversary
  53. The Hedge Fund Journal profiles Kernow Asset Management
  54. Kernow receives FCA approval as a MiFID II Investment Manager
  55. Investment track record begins
  56. Kernow is registered at Companies House
  57. Founders Alyx and Ed meet to discuss starting Kernow at a coffee shop in the City of London