Ashburton Investments claims two top spots in PlexCrown Unit Trust Survey

Ashburton Investments, the asset management business of the FirstRand Group, has been named the top asset manager in the South Africa overall category in the latest PlexCrown Unit Trust Survey for Q3 2015.

The PlexCrown survey ranked asset managers and funds according to a list of criteria including risk adjusted returns. PlexCrown is one of South Africa’s leading retail unit trust fund rating agencies.

Ashburton Investments excelled in three categories:

• South Africa overall (excluding offshore funds) where Ashburton Investments ranked 1st out of 19 managers
• SA Multi Asset non-income where Ashburton Investments ranked 1st out of 25 managers
• SA Equity and Real Estate where Ashburton Investments ranked 2nd out of 27 managers

Boshoff Grobler, CEO of Ashburton Investments, said being named the best manager in the South Africa overall category was a particularly pleasing accolade.

“It’s testament to the deep expertise we have in our business and the intellectual rigour with which we approach investing.”

He added that the recognition would serve as motivation to keep delivering best in class performance to Ashburton Investments’ growing number of investors.