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Ninety One

Ninety One

Established in South Africa in 1991, as Investec Asset Management, the firm started offering domestic investments in an emerging market. In 2020, almost three decades of organic growth later, the firm demerged from Investec Group and became Ninety One. Today the firm offers distinctive active strategies across equities, fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives to institutions, advisors and individual investors around the world.

Ninety One is an independent, active global asset manager dedicated to delivering compelling outcomes for its clients, with an AUM of £128.6 billion as at 31.12.20.

Investment involves risk.

Insights

Ninety One Emerging market equities portfolio managers Archie Hart and Varun Laijawalla argue that stronger fundamentals, pragmatic policy, and resilient performance are reshaping investor perceptions of risk in emerging market equities.

Sticky inflation, rising fiscal strains and weak growth are eroding the role of bonds as a portfolio ballast, forcing investors to rethink defensive diversification, according to Ninety One’s Sahil Mahtani, Head of Macro Research.

Low-coupon, short-dated gilts were a tax-efficient winner for 45% taxpayers, but that edge is fading. Ninety One’s Diversified Income Fund offers resilient income with scope for capital growth.

In this series, Ninety One’s global investment teams uncover four underappreciated ways investors can position portfolios for long-term, AI-driven growth.

Clyde Rossouw, Head of Quality at Ninety One, offers investors a map as they navigate shifting US policy, dollar uncertainty, and sharp market swings.

Ninety One’s research offers three reasons why the dollar’s upside is limited, while the balance of risks increasingly point lower.

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Focus Funds

Seeks to capture the structural decarbonisation growth story – investing in companies that are driving the transition to a low carbon world.

Investing in companies making a positive contribution to the future of society and the environment.

A differentiated Quality approach to American equity investing.

A Quality approach focused on the growth engine of the world. The expanding opportunity set in Asia, we believe, provides a highly investable, liquid and diverse group of exceptional quality companies.

A core UK equity income fund focused on sustainable dividend growth, investing in attractively valued quality businesses.

A tried and tested defensive return strategy with a proven track record of protecting the downside in weak markets and capturing the upside in less challenging conditions.

A flexible multi-asset strategy aiming to compound high total returns through time.

Regulation

From early August, financial advisers have been required to incorporate sustainability preferences into their clients’ suitability assessment. However, many advisers have struggled to adapt their processes, with relatively loose guidance provided by the regulator, and a lack of clear measurement tools.
It is over a year since the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) was introduced in Europe. The UK’s Sustainable Disclosure Requirements (SDRs) came into effect at the start of this year and US regulators are also working on a new disclosure regime. These rules have been introduced with the promise of standardising disclosure on key environmental issues. This should prevent greenwashing and deliver better environmental outcomes, but is this happening in practice?

Podcasts

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