Two decades for the Allan Gray Balanced Fund
The Allan Gray Balanced Fund celebrated its 20-year anniversary on 1 October 2019. The local industry looks vastly different today to how it looked two decades ago, but investors continue to need well-diversified funds that can meet their needs through different market cycles. Duncan Artus looks at the Fund’s performance and positioning over time.
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