City Natural Resources Growth and Income plc (LON:CYN) is a closed end UK investment trust.
Objective: to provide shareholders with capital growth and income from a portfolio of mining and resource equities and mining, resource, industrial and other fixed interest securities.
Fund Managers
Robert Crayfourd is Co-Portfolio Manager of City Natural Resources Growth and Income plc (LON: CYN) at Tufton Investment Management, which became the Trust’s investment manager on 14 September 2026. Robert joined Tufton on 3 September 2026 from Manulife | CQS Investment Management, where he had managed natural resources funds since 2011.
Prior to joining CQS in 2011, Robert was an analyst at the Universities Superannuation Scheme and HSBC Global Asset Management, where he focused on the natural resources sector. Robert is a CFA charterholder and holds a BSc in Geological Sciences from the University of Leeds.
Keith Watson is Co-Portfolio Manager of City Natural Resources Growth and Income plc (LON: CYN) at Tufton Investment Management, which became the Trust’s investment manager on 14 September 2026. Keith joined Tufton on 3 September 2026 from Manulife | CQS Investment Management, where he had been a fund manager since July 2013.
Prior to joining CQS in July 2013, Keith was a Senior Natural Resources Analyst at Mirabaud Securities. Previously, he was Director of Mining Research at Evolution Securities and a top-ranked business services analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Commerzbank and Credit Suisse/BZW. Keith began his career in 1992 as a portfolio manager and research analyst at Scottish Amicable Investment Managers. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Applied Physics from Durham University.
