Allan Gray - Orbis Global Balanced Feeder Fund
We have closed the funds to prudently manage our offshore exposure within the offshore limit regulated by the South African Reserve Bank. You are still able to access the funds via the Allan Gray Endowment, Living Annuity, Retirement Annuity Fund or Preservation funds.
*Applies to account numbers starting with AGUT or AGLP.
Invest in global assets
The Allan Gray-Orbis Global Balanced Feeder Fund’s goal is to create long-term wealth for investors by investing in a mix of global asset classes. It aims to perform better than a portfolio which comprises 60% the MSCI World Index with net dividends reinvested and 40% the J.P. Morgan Global Government Bond Index.
The Global Balanced Feeder Fund is suitable for you if:
- You want to invest offshore in rands
- You want to invest in a range of global assets to grow your capital over the long term, without investing fully in global shares
- You are comfortable with global market and currency movements
- You accept the potential for capital loss, but less than in a global equity unit trust
- You are ideally investing for at least three to five years (measuring performance in the unit trust’s currency)
Performance after fees with all distributions reinvested
as at 30 September 2024 (in rands)
Benchmark: 60% of the MSCI World Index with net dividends reinvested and 40% of the J.P. Morgan Global Government Bond Index. From inception to 31 May 2021, the benchmark was 60% of the FTSE World Index including income and 40% of the J.P. Morgan Global Government Bond Index.
Annualised Returns
This is a way of reporting the return earned over a period as a percentage per year. Although the figure stated implies that the same percentage return was delivered every year, the actual return in each year may have been more or less than the reported figure, depending on the unit trust’s volatility. Annualised performance reporting simplifies comparison across different time periods and across different types of investments.
Risk measures
as at 30 September 2024
Investment strategy
This unit trust invests solely in the Orbis SICAV Global Balanced Fund, which seeks to balance investment returns and risk of loss by investing in a diversified global portfolio of shares, fixed income and commodity-linked instruments. The Orbis SICAV Global Balanced Fund targets an exposure of between 40-90% in shares, 10-50% in fixed income and 0-10% in commodity-linked instruments. The overall exposure to shares after hedging is intended to be limited to 75%.
The weighting among the asset classes is driven by Orbis’ bottom-up approach in selecting securities across asset classes and therefore may deviate substantially compared to the benchmark. Orbis shares our investment philosophy, which is applied on a global scale across asset classes. The currency exposure is actively managed to control exposure to currencies less likely to hold their long-term value, when measured in US dollars.
Asset allocation
as at 30 September 2024
What are the costs?
All the Allan Gray-Orbis Global Balanced Feeder Fund’s expenses, including the investment management fee charged by Orbis in the underlying Orbis SICAV Global Balanced Fund, are deducted before performance figures are calculated. There are no separate or additional fees. The total investment charge is broken down below:
Orbis Investment management fee1
View fee breakdownOther expenses2
VAT
Total expense ratio (TER)3
Transaction costs
Total investment charge
1 Investment management fees are charged for the investment manager’s investment research and decision-making.
2 This includes audit fees, taxes and other administration costs.
3 This is a measure of the actual costs that have been deducted from the unit trust over the past three years to 30 September 2024 (annualised).
4
The fee charged for benchmark performance is charged within the underlying Orbis unit trusts for performance equal to the relevant unit trust’s benchmark.
5 The portion of the investment management fee that is added or deducted for performance above or below the unit trust's benchmark performance. Download our performance fee FAQ for more information.
The investment management fee depends on performance
Orbis charges a fee within the underlying Orbis SICAV Global Balanced Fund, which depends on how well the Orbis SICAV Global Balanced Fund performs against its benchmark. A portion of this fee is paid to Allan Gray for marketing and distribution and Allan Gray does not charge any additional fees. The Orbis fee is described in more detail on the Orbis SICAV Global Balanced Fund factsheet, which can be found at www.orbis.com.
Note: There may be slight discrepancies in the totals due to rounding.
Important information for investors
Collective Investment Schemes in Securities (unit trusts) are generally medium- to long-term investments. The value of units may go down as well as up and past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance. The Management Company does not provide any guarantee regarding the capital or the performance of its unit trusts. Unit trusts may be closed to new investments at any time in order for them to be managed according to their mandates. Unit trusts are traded at ruling prices and can engage in borrowing and scrip lending.
Performance figures are provided by Allan Gray and are for lump sum investments with income distributions reinvested. Actual investor performance may differ as a result of the investment date, the date of reinvestment and dividend withholding tax. Movements in exchange rates may also be the cause of the value of underlying international investments going up or down. Unit trust prices are calculated on a net asset value basis, which is the total market value of all assets in the unit trust including any income accruals and less any permissible deductions from the unit trust, divided by the number of units in issue. Forward pricing is used and fund valuations take place at approximately 16:00 each business day. Purchase and redemption requests must be received by 14:00 each business day to receive that day’s price. Unit trust prices are available daily on our prices page. Permissible deductions may include management fees, brokerage, Securities Transfer Tax (STT), auditor’s fees, bank charges and trustee fees. A schedule of fees, charges and maximum commissions is available on request from the Management Company. For more information about our annual management fees, refer to these frequently asked questions.
The annual management fees charged by both Allan Gray and Orbis (if applicable) are included in the Total investment charge. The total expense ratio (TER) is the annualised percentage of the Fund’s average assets under management that has been used to pay the Fund’s actual expenses over the past three years. The TER includes the annual management fees that have been charged (both the fee at benchmark and any performance component charged), VAT and other expenses like audit and trustee fees. Transaction costs (including brokerage, Securities Transfer Tax [STT], STRATE and Investor Protection Levy and VAT thereon) are shown separately. Transaction costs are a necessary cost in administering the financial product and impacts financial product returns. They should not be considered in isolation as returns may be impacted by many other factors over time including market returns, the type of financial product, the investment decisions of the investment manager and the TER. Since Fund returns are quoted after the deduction of these expenses, the TER and transaction costs should not be deducted again from published returns. As unit trust expenses vary, the current TER cannot be used as an indication of future TERs. A higher TER does not necessarily imply a poor return, nor does a low TER imply a good return. Instead, when investing, the investment objective of the Fund should be aligned with the investor’s objective and compared against the performance of the Fund. The TER and other funds’ TERs should then be used to evaluate whether the Fund performance offers value for money. The sum of the TER and transaction costs is shown as the total investment charge.
You can obtain additional information about your proposed investment from Allan Gray free of charge. Simply email info@allangray.co.za or call our Client Service Centre on 0860 000 654.
A portion of this fee is paid to Allan Gray for marketing and distribution and Allan Gray does not charge any additional fees. The Orbis fee is described in more detail on the Orbis SICAV Global Balanced Fund factsheet.