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Abax Absolute Prescient Fund A (0P0000NPIZ)

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1.867 -0.001 -0.07%

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Morningstar Rating:
Total Assets: 9.11B

Type: Fund

Market: South Africa

Issuer: Prescient Management Co

ISIN: ZAE000144275

Asset Class: Other

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On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Abax Absolute Prescient Fund A. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of 0P0000NPIZ among other information.

Investment Strategy

The Abax Absolute Return Prescient Fund seeks to follow an investment policy which will secure for investors a combination of investments in equity, bond, money and property markets. The portfolio will seek to protect capital over a rolling 12 month period and at the same time capture as much of the upside of the equity and fixed income markets as possible. The portfolio will predominately invest in South African markets, but is however permitted to investments in offshore jurisdictions subject to the conditions determined by the Registrar from time to time. The effective equity exposure will be between 0%-75%. The portfolio will be subject to the Prudential Investment Guidelines for South African Retirement Funds, being Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act, or such other Legislation published from time to time. The portfolio may also include participatory interests or any other form of participation in portfolios of collective investment schemes or other similar schemes.

Contact Information

Address 1 Oakdale Road, Newlands, 7700, Cape Town,
Cape Town,
South Africa

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Top Executives

Name	Title	Since	Until
Philip Liebenberg	Head	2017	Now
Biography	Philip is Head of Absolute Returns and also responsible for the flexible income portfolios which include the SIM Active Income fund. Prior to joining SIM, Philip worked as a quants analyst at Riscura and as portfolio manager at Kagiso Asset Management. Philip joined SIM in 2005 and is a member of the Asset Allocation group. Philip was a production Engineer at Billiton before joining the financial services industry in 1999.
Steve Minnaar	-	2016	Now
Wallie van der Walt	-	2016	Now
Biography	Wallie joined Abax in 2011 as an investment manager. He previously worked as a derivative specialist and investment manager at Sanlam Investment Management, which he joined in 1999. Before Sanlam, Wallie worked at Nedcor Securities as an equity derivatives trader for 3 years. Wallie has 18 years of investment experience.
Rashaad Tayob	Portfolio Manager	2010	Now
Biography	Rashaad Tayob [B.Bus.Sci (Hons), CFA] joined Abax as a portfolio manager in 2012. Prior to Abax, Rashaad was a director and portfolio manager at Aeon Investment Management. From 2002 to 2009 he was a portfolio manager at Prescient Investment Management. Rashaad has 15 years of investment experience.
Asief Mohamed	CIO (Chief Investment Officer)	2010	2012
Biography	Asief is a director and Chief Invesment Officer of Aeon Investment Management. He has 20 years investment experience, having previously been CIO at Metropolitan Asset Managers. In his capacity of CIO of Metropolitan Asset Managers oversaw the portfolio implementation process and risk management thereof on R10bn worth of fixed income portfolios.

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