A colon signals that what comes next is directly related to the sentence before the colon. In the example above, a colon is more appropriate than a comma:
Our Monthly Income Plus Fund is managed by three of the UK’s most successful fund managers: Paul Causer, Paul Read and Neil Woodford.
Source
‘Invesco Perpetual’ advert, Sunday Times (Money), 28 September 2008, p. 8
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