Financial News this week published its third annual Rising Stars in European wealth management, our pick of the top 40 under the age of 40. Financial News has run a series of profiles of its stellar candidates, listed in alphabetical order, throughout the week. Here are the profiles in full:

Edward Allen, investment manager, Thurleigh Investment Managers, London Allen, 29, reappears in this year's rising stars due to a host of nominations from fans of the investment manager. He manages a portfolio investing solely in exchange traded funds, trying out ideas and themes before putting them into practice in clients' funds. His portfolio is up 15% since February 2007, against a 5% increase in the MSCI World equity index over the same period.