Exploring the frontier: Why elevated risk offers enticing opportunities
Global markets are navigating a challenging mix of persistent conflict, energy insecurity and volatile inflation, stoking fear among investors. In frontier and smaller emerging markets, that fear weighs heavily on asset prices, often sending them well below what the underlying business fundamentals suggest.
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Exploring the frontier: Why elevated risk offers enticing opportunities
Global markets are navigating a challenging mix of persistent conflict, energy insecurity and volatile inflation, stoking fear among investors. In frontier a...
Orbis Emerging Markets Equity: The case for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
As markets grapple with volatility, uncertainty and rapid technological advancements, Stanley Lu from our offshore partner, Orbis, emphasises the importance ...
Orbis Global Balanced: Avoiding fear and greed in a noisy market
Portfolio manager Alec Cutler, from our offshore partner, Orbis, reflects on the Orbis SICAV Global Balanced Fund’s performance over the period. He explains...
Optimal Fund: Muted returns conceal a sharp rise in volatility
Coming off record-breaking outperformance in the previous year, the first quarter of 2026 saw the JSE’s worst showing since 2008, underscoring how concentrat...
Orbis Optimal SA: Earning its keep in volatile times
Amid widening uncertainty and complex geopolitical risks Mark Dunley-Owen and John Christy, portfolio managers at our offshore partner, Orbis, reflect on how...
Orbis Global Cautious: Finding opportunity beyond traditional safe havens
Against an increasingly complex global backdrop, Mark Dunley-Owen from our offshore partner, Orbis, reflects on the risks of relying on perceived “safe-haven...
Equity Fund: Markets retreat as sentiment cools and volatility rises
Against heightened geopolitical tension and increased market volatility, the Allan Gray Equity Fund navigated a challenging first quarter of 2026, delivering...