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New fund rated: SIM Global Emerging Markets Fund
22 Sep 2017
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Foord International Fund and Foord Flexible Fund of Funds update: Ratings changed to Tier 2
18 Sep 2017
We have recently changed the rating on the Foord Flexible Fund of Funds and Foord International Fund (offshore and Feeder versions) from Tier 1 to Tier 2.  Since the inception of our coverage of Foord in 2013 we have been observing how they have been building the team to support and ultimately ...
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New fund rated: Nedgroup Investments Core Accelerated
15 Sep 2017
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New Fund Rated: Coronation Property Equity
14 Sep 2017
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Rating report now available for Nedgroup Investments Global Property Feeder
28 Aug 2017
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New fund rated: Fundsmith Equity Fund
25 Aug 2017
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New funds rated: Kagiso Balanced and Kagiso Stable funds
23 Aug 2017
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New fund rated: Nedgroup Investments Global Property Fund
21 Aug 2017
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Review of the Allan Gray Australia Funds
15 Aug 2017
We recently reviewed the Allan Gray Australia Equity and Stable funds and retained their Tier 2 rating allocations. The investment team has been undergoing ongoing change since the tragic passing of Allan Gray Australia founder and CIO, Simon Marais, in 2015. Three senior investment professionals h...
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Orbis Global Balanced upgraded to Tier 2
3 Aug 2017
We first did a due diligence on the Orbis Global Balanced Fund in 2015 and allocated a Tier 3 rating to the fund. While we rate the Orbis business, their equity investment process and the Orbis investment team highly, we had several concerns with this specific offering at that time. Firstly, the pr...
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