“We are a leading multi-strategy alternative and long only investment manager.”

SELECT FR EQUITY FUND

Managed in partnership with Fairtree Asset Management

40 Investment Professionals

Firm AUM R 119 Billion

Multi-Specialist Approach

Background

Fairtree Asset Management is a multi-strategy fund management business headquartered in Cape Town, with total assets under management of R196.1 billion. The firm consists of more than 45 investment professionals across seven specialist investment teams. The portfolio managers are assisted by Fairtree’s individual investment teams, including a team of centralised equity analysts.

 

Investment Philosophy and Process

The Select FR Equity Fund is a general equity portfolio that aims to provide high long-term capital growth, with minimum net equity exposure of 80% of portfolio asset value. Fairtree’s objective is to generate long-term wealth by producing inflation-beating returns. The Fund invests primarily in local and global listed equities, while its investment universe may also include preference shares, property shares, property-related securities, interest-bearing instruments, assets in liquid form, collective investment schemes and listed or unlisted financial instruments. It is actively managed through fundamental research, bottom-up stock selection and disciplined portfolio construction.

CORE INVESTMENT TEAM

Donald Curtayne

Chantelle Baptiste

Cornelius Zeeman

Team member Position Qualifications Years’ experience
Donald Curtayne
Equity Portfolio Manager
BBusSc (Finance and Accounting), PGDA, CA(SA), CFA®
12
Chantelle Baptiste
Equity Portfolio Manager & Head of SA Equity Research
BCom (Hons) Management Accounting, ACMA, CIMA
14
Cornelius Zeeman
Equity Portfolio Manager (Global Inc Emerging Markets)
CA(SA), CFA®
11