Allan Gray Quarterly Commentary

2015 Q1 Comments from the Chief Operating Officer

This Quarterly Commentary is dedicated to Simon Marais, chairman of Allan Gray Limited, who passed away on 26 February this year.

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2015 Q1

Insights category - companies

Platinum and palladium: Low-risk opportunities

By Tim Acker on 31 Mar 2015

Reading time: 7 mins

Investing in platinum or palladium directly is taking a view that the prices of these commodities will increase. Tim Acker explains why we currently prefer...

Insights category - companies

Deconstructing the investment case for property

By Jacques Plaut and Yusuf Mowlana on 31 Mar 2015

Reading time: 9 mins

The South African property sector has been a huge winner over the last decade, returning 22% per year compared with 18% for the FTSE/JSE All Share Index...

Insights categories - Offshore investing

Orbis Global Equity: Guided by our investment philosophy

By Graeme Forster on 31 Mar 2015

Reading time: 8 mins

This piece was originally published in the Orbis March 2015 Quarterly Manager's Report. Over the 25-year history of Orbis' Global Equity Fund, the underlying...

Insights categories - Local investing

Stable Fund: Safeguarding our clients' capital is our core focus

By Mahesh Cooper and Fiona Jeffery on 31 Mar 2015

Reading time: 13 mins

When we launched the Allan Gray Stable Fund (the Fund) 15 years ago, we hoped that it would provide clients with returns that were competitive with bank...

Insights categories - Retirement

Delays to retirement reform shouldn't mean delays to your retirement savings

By Richard Carter on 31 Mar 2015

Reading time: 9 mins

In Quarterly Commentary 1, 2013 we wrote about retirement reform, discussing how the changes would affect existing and potential retirement fund members. Fas...

Insights categories - Personal investing

Active versus passive

By Thandi Ngwane on 31 Mar 2015

Reading time: 6 mins

As a proud advocate of a committed active manager, Thandi Ngwane does her best to stay objective in discussing the pros and cons of active and passive...

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