Strategies overview

Our asset class overviews provide more information about our various strategy ranges. We offer investment strategies investing in global, emerging and frontier markets spanning the equity, fixed income, multi-asset and alternative asset classes.

Equities

Equities

We have a broad range of equity investment strategies covering global, regional and emerging and frontier markets run by focused specialist investment teams using bespoke disciplined investment processes.
Global

Our global equity strategies encompass a range of different investment styles. Some are managed according to a value, contrarian approach, some seek to invest actively in quality stocks, and some invest using our bespoke 4Factor process, which is founded on the belief that equity markets are inefficient for behavioural reasons. These strategies comprise different risk reward characteristics. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.
Regional

We run dedicated regional UK, Asian, European, American and Latin American equity strategies. They are managed according to different investment styles. Our Asian, European and some of our UK strategies invest using our bespoke 4Factor process. We also manage UK and American strategies according to a value, contrarian approach, while our Latin American strategies are outsourced to local specialists. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.
Emerging

We offer a strategy that invests in global emerging market equities as well as dedicated Africa-specific equity strategies. Our emerging market strategies are managed by our 4Factor team. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.

Fixed Income

Fixed Income

We were one of the first investment companies to offer dedicated emerging market debt investment strategies, which we offer alongside a comprehensive range of developed market strategies investing in sovereign and credit markets.
Developed

We focus on the active management of global interest rates, currencies, and credit strategies. Our proprietary ‘Compelling Forces’ framework is applied rigorously and consistently across all fixed income portfolios to seek to uncover the best investment ideas in each specialist area. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.
Emerging

We offer a wide range of global and regional emerging market debt strategies investing in local and hard currency debt, as well as corporate debt. Our dedicated Emerging Market Fixed Income team also manage a strategy that takes a blended approach to emerging market debt. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.
Multi-Strategy

We offer multi-strategy fixed income solutions which allow us as active managers to exploit the most attractive fixed income opportunities available to suit the current environment. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.
Credit

We offer a wide range of strategies spanning the credit spectrum in terms of quality, yield and geographical focus. Our global team of analysts follow a disciplined bottom up driven, regionally agnostic investment approach. Dynamic screening, active security selection and rigorous risk management underpin all of our credit strategies. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.

Multi-Asset

Multi-Asset

We offer global, regional, and emerging market multi-asset solutions seeking both growth and income. Our strategies aim to add value through asset allocation, based on ‘intelligent’ diversification metrics, and bottom-up security selection. This provides a framework for constructing portfolios with potentially attractive risk / return characteristics.
Global solutions

We run a range of global multi-asset strategies that invest around the world in a mix of different assets including: bonds, money market instruments, equities, convertible securities, alternatives and other funds. Our strategies aim to deliver growth, and income by marrying macro insights with bottom-up, thematic investing. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.
Emerging market solutions

We offer emerging market Multi-Asset strategies that invest in a range of assets: bonds, money market instruments, equities, convertible securities and other funds managed by emerging market institutions and companies to enhance investment exposure. They are managed by our Multi-Asset and Quality teams, which are based in London and Cape Town. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.
Income

We offer a range of actively managed multi-asset strategies that aim to provide attractive, sustainable income. The strategies leverage our expert in-house teams and combine macro insights with bottom-up thematic investing. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.

Alternatives

Alternatives

We offer a comprehensive range of alternative investment strategies investing in commodities and resource equities, private equity and private debt.
Commodities

We manage a wide set of investment solutions investing in commodities and resource equities. They provide exposure to general and specific commodity sectors, such as gold and energy. The strategies can utilise different investment instruments and so can provide solutions for different risk return profiles. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.
Private Equity

Our Africa expertise and extensive networks allow us to operate in diverse and tough markets. We started investing in African private markets outside of South Africa in 2008. We invest in portfolio companies operating in Nigeria, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Cameroun, Cote d’Ivoire, Rwanda, Malawi, DRC and South Africa. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.

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Private Debt

We are one of the largest managers of third party assets in Africa and our investment team has been involved in the credit market in South Africa since inception. Our strategies aim to invest in the most compelling opportunities in African credit markets. For additional information on specific strategies and funds available to you, please ensure you have selected your role and region and then navigate to ‘Strategies’ or ‘Funds’.

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Equities

Equities

Global

Regional

Emerging

Fixed Income

Fixed Income

Developed

Emerging

Multi-Strategy

Credit

Multi-Asset

Multi-Asset

Global solutions

Emerging market solutions

Income

Alternatives

Alternatives

Commodities

Private Equity

Private Debt