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Ashburton Indian fund manager rated in top five globally

23 November 2015 | General

Ashburton Investments’ Head of Equities, Jonathan Schiessl has been rated as one of the top performing Indian equity fund managers over the past three years by leading investment publication Citywire.

The great emerging markets deceleration

20 November 2015 | General

• “Is Brics anything more than an acronym?” • “The wind has gone out of the Brics’ sails”. • “If you are not growing then you are regressing”. • “SA needs a “Modi moment”.

Don't chop and change

19 November 2015 | General

The powerful emotions of greed and fear mean that it is simply human nature to chase the best investment returns. As a result, investors often fall into the trap of disinvesting from an underperforming fund to invest in one that outperformed over the same period. However, studies abound on the folly of such an investment strategy.

The fall of the Big Five

19 November 2015 | General

As investors and analysts, we love to group together industry leaders. We often put the largest companies on a pedestal – so much so that these industry heavyweights become familiar household names. These companies usually dominate their sectors for years, increasing the barriers to entry as they form monopolies. Investors find comfort in investing in these industry darlings as they are large, prominent and familiar to all. Invariably they have also performed very well.

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