Whatever its other virtues the Sunday Times Rich List also provides a who’s who of UK-based or UK-associated investment managers, especially the richer ones.

Not surprisingly given the preeminence of London as an international fund management centre, investment managers feature prominently amongst the richest 1,000 individuals on the list.

With “finance and investment” and “hedge funds” accounting for 120 and 49 entries respectively, investment management is almost certainly the biggest source of the constituents' wealth.

Add the fact that many other constituents whose wealth wealth may be sourced fr...