Kokkie Kooyman
Local star fund manager, Kokkie Kooyman, was last night named Investment Week’s Fund Manager of the Year in the financials category for the fourth year running. Kooyman, who is the head of Sanlam Investment Management (SIM) Global, received the prestigiou
Speaking after the ceremony he said, “It was unexpected, especially after our holdings in India did poorly during the first quarter of 2013. However after reviewing the results we were pleasantly surprised, many of our Asian small caps, US and UK holdings had performed really well.” Kooyman’s fund, the SIM Global Financial Fund, found strong performance in Tisco Finance and Aeon Thana in Thailand and Panin Securities in Indonesia and also Bank of Georgia. In UK, best results were from holdings in Catlin and IG Group and in the US market it was achieved via investments from World Acceptance Corp and Renaissance Re.”
The aim of the Investment Week Fund Manager of the Year Awards is to highlight funds that produce consistent performance and where there is, in the judges' opinion, a high chance that the manager will not disappoint in the future. With so many offshore funds now available to UK investors, the awards are designed to highlight and celebrate the very best of what is available in the investment universe, not simply the best available within a narrower range of onshore brands.
Kooyman added a word of caution on the global markets while reiterating SIM Global’s recipe for success. “Currently markets are overreacting to commentary by US Federal Chairman Ben Bernanke and the problems facing China. We are sticking to our strategy of investing in good companies with high returns on capital and which are undervalued in both emerging and developed markets.”
Kooyman initially won the award in 2010 and has secured it every year since.
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