Allan Gray Quarterly Commentary

2011 Q2 Comments from the Chief Operating Officer

We are conservatively positioned in the portfolios that we manage for clients and have been for some time, to the extent that we have discretion to...

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2011 Q2

Insights categories - Investment insights

The risk that matters

By Delphine Govender on 30 Jun 2011

Reading time: 9 mins

Discussions about investing are incomplete without including the topic of risk. Delphine Govender elaborates, focusing on the most important risk in investin...

Insights category - companies

An alternative view of commodity demand and supply

By Mark Dunley-Owen on 30 Jun 2011

Reading time: 5 mins

In Quarterly Commentary 1, 2011 Sandy McGregor discussed how high commodity prices are being supported by the mining sector's inability to keep pace with...

Insights categories - Offshore investing

Japan: economic pessimism creates buying opportunities

By Trevor Black and Ben Preston on 30 Jun 2011

Reading time: 8 mins

As bottom-up stock pickers, we believe that great investment opportunities can be found in even the most challenging conditions. Japan is a perfect example....

Insights categories - Offshore investing

Understanding your offshore investment options

By Jeanette Marais on 30 Jun 2011

Reading time: 8 mins

On top of making investment decisions, there are various practical options to choose from when investing offshore. Exchange controls are currently a constrai...

Insights categories - Retirement

Making sense of the revised retirement fund regulations

By Ian Barow and Taryn Hirsch on 30 Jun 2011

Reading time: 7 mins

A recent revision in South African pension fund regulations affects your ability to transact on your retirement fund investment account. Ian Barow and Taryn...

Insights categories - Corporate citizenship

2011 Q2 Allan Gray Orbis Foundation update

By Anthony Farr on 30 Jun 2011

Reading time: 7 mins

Increasing evidence points to the effect that high-impact individuals can have on an economy. With its focus on growing leaders and entrepreneurs, the Allan...

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