Grant Pitt

Grant is the head of Institutional. He joined Allan Gray in 2009 as an investment analyst after working for several years in financial services in the UK. Grant holds a Bachelor of Business Science degree from the University of Cape Town and is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a CFA^® charterholder.

Articles by Grant Pitt

Investment notes from the frontier

By Grant Pitt on 20 May 2024

Listening time: 51 min

Investing in frontier markets is not for the faint-hearted. But for those brave enough to look beyond material risks, such as political instability, currency...

Is there value in our investment style?

By Grant Pitt on 26 Apr 2022

Reading time: 10 mins

Understanding your investment manager’s style may give you a deeper appreciation of how they will perform in different circumstances, and therefore help you...

Q&A: Understanding the economic context in which we must invest

By Grant Pitt on 27 May 2020

Reading time: 1 min

As investors, we must understand the economic consequences of COVID-19 and the impact on different asset classes. Grant Pitt, joint head of Institutional...

Actively adding value

By Grant Pitt and Pieter Koornhof on 31 Mar 2016

Reading time: 8 mins

The trend towards passive management – where investment managers track market indices rather than pick individual stocks – has caused some to question the...