Allan Gray Quarterly Commentary

2013 Q2 Comments from the Chief Operating Officer

We have written before about the importance of diversifying your portfolio. Diversification allows you to take individual risks (for example, investments...

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2013 Q2

Insights categories - Markets and economy

The Allan Gray Africa Equity Fund celebrates 15 years

By Andrew Lapping and Nick Ndiritu on 30 Jun 2013

Reading time: 9 mins

When the Allan Gray Africa Equity Fund (the Fund) was launched on 1 July 1998 it was the first unitised product in which Allan Gray Proprietary Limited was...

Insights category - companies

Sasol: A history of underestimation

By Rory Kutisker-Jacobson on 30 Jun 2013

Reading time: 10 mins

Sasol is our clients' largest equity investment. Founded in 1950 and listed in 1979, Sasol's core business is to produce synthetic liquid fuels and chemicals...

Insights categories - Offshore investing

Do not confuse stability with safety

By Ben Preston on 30 Jun 2013

Reading time: 8 mins

According to Ben Preston, from our offshore partner Orbis, Orbis and Allan Gray's strict adherence to our bottom-up research process keeps us focused on...

Insights categories - Offshore investing

Equity opportunities down under

By JD de Lange and LJ Collyer on 30 Jun 2013

Reading time: 8 mins

Last quarter, Seema Dala wrote about the importance of diversifying your portfolios by investing offshore. Australia is definitely offshore from South Africa...

Insights categories - Corporate citizenship

2013 Q2 Allan Gray Orbis Foundation update

By Anthony Farr on 30 Jun 2013

Reading time: 9 mins

When one considers the importance of entrepreneurship in driving job creation, South Africa's very low level of entrepreneurial activity partly explains why...

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