MoneyAM Fund Centre

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Fund Objective

The Fund aims to provide income and capital growth (to grow the value of your investment) over at least 5 years. The Fund invests primarily (at least two-thirds) in bonds (or similar debt-based assets) issued by emerging market borrowers or borrowers who have significant economic exposure to emerging markets (countries that have less developed economies) and in related derivatives (financial contracts whose value is linked to the price of such bonds (or similar debt-based assets)).

Fund Managers

Werner Gey van Pittius

Werner is Co-Head of Emerging Market Sovereign & FX at Ninety One. He is jointly responsible with Peter Eerdmans for all global emerging market sovereign debt strategies. Werner is also responsible for EEMEA research in the team. He moved to London from Cape Town where he was a fixed income quantitative analyst and managed the firm’s asset and liability matching book. Prior to joining the firm, Werner played professional rugby in concurrence with academic programmes. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Insurance Science from the University of Pretoria, a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degree in Financial Economics from the University of Stellenbosch, and a Master of Science degree in Applied Statistics from Oxford University. In addition, Werner obtained the Society of Technical Analysts diploma and was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute in 2006.

Antoon de Klerk

Antoon is an investment specialist and portfolio manager in the Fixed Income team at Ninety One. He is a portfolio manager for our Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt, Emerging Markets Local Currency Total Return Debt, and African Fixed Income strategies. He also has joint regional research responsibilities for Africa. He joined the Investec Group in 2005 as part of the Investec chartered accountant (TOPP) Programme. After spending time in accounts and investment banking where he was involved with merger and acquisition advisory work, he joined the firm in 2006. Antoon holds a Master’s degree (cum laude) in Economics and an honours degree in Accounting from the University of Stellenbosch and is a Chartered Accountant (SA). Antoon studied in Germany as part of his post-graduate economic studies.