Head of global equities, Pieter Fourie, has retained his FE Fundinfo Alpha Manager rating in 2025, being awarded this accolade for the 6th time.
The Alpha Manager Rating is a quantitative rating that distinguishes the top UK fund managers based on alpha generation and outperformance across their career history, allowing investors to instantly identify those managers who have consistently outperformed their peer group over time.
Only the top 10% of UK retail-facing managers receive this accolade, representing those managers who are the very best of the best in the industry.
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Pieter manages the Sanlam Global-High Quality Fund, launched in 2014, but has run the same strategy since 2008.
Cumulative performance
| Name |
1m |
3m |
6m |
1yr |
3yr |
5yr |
10yr |
| Sanlam Global High Quality C Acc GBP |
1.7 |
3.23 |
13.38 |
15.78 |
35.31 |
55.15 |
181.97 |
| IA Global |
-1.06 |
0.22 |
6.81 |
10.43 |
27.42 |
61.4 |
148.3 |
Annual discrete performance
| Name |
31/01/2024 to
31/01/2025 |
31/01/2023 to
31/01/2024 |
31/01/2022 to
31/01/2023 |
31/01/2021 to
31/01/2022 |
31/01/2020 to
31/01/2021 |
| Sanlam Global High Quality C Acc GBP |
21.07 |
6.94 |
3.13 |
10.48 |
4.03 |
| IA Global |
17.73 |
8.33 |
0.05 |
9.41 |
14.78 |
Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
Fund risks
The Fund may invest in companies based in emerging markets which may involve additional risks not typically associated with other more established markets such as increased risk of social, economic and political uncertainty. The Fund has holdings which are denominated in currencies other than sterling and may be affected by movements in exchange rates. Consequently the value of an investment may rise or fall in line with the exchange rates.
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