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Equity notes, annual letters and quarterly updates for the Global Best Ideas Equity Fund.

Equity Notes

27 July 2026
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22 June 2026
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26 May 2026
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30 April 2026
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27 March 2026
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28 February 2026
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30 January 2026
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8 December 2025
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24 November 2025
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13 October 2025
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22 September 2025
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29 August 2025
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21 July 2025

• US Economy • US Consumer • Financial Conditions • Earnings • Fed Cuts • Technical Picture

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22 April 2025

• US Employment • Confidence • Dollar • Luxury & Discretionary Industry • Gold • Volatility • Technical Picture

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19 May 2025

Afterall US Economy Investor Sentiment Europe China Magnificent Seven

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10 March 2025

US Economy Real US Economy US Employment Company Earnings High Yield Market Technical Picture

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6 January 2025

US Fundamentals Recession Risk Fed Position Company Margins US Interest Rates Valuations Technical Picture

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11 November 2024

• US Economy • US Interest Rate Indications • Financial Conditions • US Election • Technical Picture

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9 December 2024

US Economy US Economic Outlook US Debt Issues S&P 500 Consensus Outlook Volatility Technical Picture 2025 Wish List

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7 October 2024

• US Employment • US Economic Activity & Earnings • US Cash • Berkshire Hathaway Cash • Fed Rate Cuts • China • Technical Picture

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9 September 2024

• US Indicators • US Employment • US Inflation & Yield Curve • Corporate Bond Market • Market Rotation • Market Volatility • Technical Picture

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5 August 2024

• US Economy • FED Task • Market Volatility • Corporate Bond Market • Earnings • US Election • Technical Picture

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1 July 2024

• US Consumer • Business Quality • Valuations • Equity Bubbles • Technical Picture

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3 June 2024

• US 'No Landing' Economy • US Capital Expenditure • Sector Opportunities • Growth Investing • Valuations • Technical Picture

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8 April 2024

• US Consumption • US Manufacturing • High Yield Market • Earnings • Commodities • China • Technical Picture

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4 March 2024

• US Economy • US Financial Conditions • US Employment • US Consumer • Fed Balance Sheet • Berkshire Hathaway • All-Time Record

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29 January 2024

• Public Confidence • Economic Outlook • High Yield Market • China • Technical Picture

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15 January 2024

• New Beginning • Economic Landing • Central Banks • Earnings • Growth Investing • Technical Picture

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4 December 2023

US Recession Company Earnings Cash & Interest Real Rates Valuations Technical Picture 2023 After All 2024 Wish List

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6 November 2023

• Bad May Be Good • US Interest Rates • Company Earnings • Corporate Bonds • Dollar Currency • Technical Picture

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2 October

US Economy US Inflation US Interest Rates Tight Fed Staples Technical Picture

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4 September

Bottoming Out Company Earnings Real Yields Summer Emerging Markets Technical Picture

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3 July 2023

US Investor Confidence Market Volatility US Valuations Interest Rates US Election Second Half of Year Performance Investing in Japan Technical Picture

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5 June 2023

US Employment Market Recovery Consumer Comfort Interest Rate Effects US Recession Technical Picture

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2 May 2023

Recession Risk Reporting Season Growth To Value Rotation Volatility Dollar Value Technical Picture

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3 April 2023

Economic Outlook US Employment Interest Rates FED Task Bank Signals Technical Picture

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6 March 2023

US Recession US Household Finances Risk of a US Housing Crisis China Technical Picture

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23 January 2023

US Inflation The FED's Task Company Earnings Bond Market Emerging Valuations Technical Picture

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12 December 2022

Earnings Expectations Bear Market Picture US Inflation Recession Warnings Fed Tightening 2022 After All 2023 Wish List

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28 November 2022

US Recession Reporting Season US Capacity Utilisation US Dollar Currency Technical Picture

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24 October 2022

"When it is dark enough you can see the stars” - Ralph Waldo Emerson Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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26 September 2022

"Wise to resolve, and patient to perform” - Homer Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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22 August 2022

"If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know” - Louis Armstrong Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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27 July 2022

"Let's not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness” - James Grover Thurber Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equi…

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20 June 2022

"We are made strong by what we overcome” - John Burroughs Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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23 May 2022

"The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” - Aristotle Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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11 April 2022

"A good decision is based on knowledge, not on numbers.” - Plato Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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14 March 2022

"May you live all the days of your life.” - Jonathan Swift Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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31 January 2022

"I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.” - Vincent Van Gogh Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Pers…

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13 December 2021

"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” - Leonardo da Vinci Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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1 November 2021

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” - Socrates Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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13 September 2021

"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.” - William James Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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16 August 2021

"To see things in the seed, that is genius .” - Lao Tzu Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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12 July 2021

"I've failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed .” - Michael Jordan Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspe…

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14 June 2021

“I have just three things to teach you - simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures .” - Lay Tzu Read Fund Manager Gerr…

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17 May 2021

“It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.” - Eugene Ionesco Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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12 April 2021

“I don’t have opinions about things I know nothing about.” - Prins Philip Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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15 March 2021

"Out of difficulties grow miracles." - Jean de la Bruyère Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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15 February 2021

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent van Gogh Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspect…

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25 January 2021

"It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts" - Earl Weaver Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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14 December 2020

"Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable, than loyalty." - Marcus Tullius Cicero Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspectiv…

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23 November 2020

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global…

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2 November 2020

Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.” - George Herbert Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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19 October 2020

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” - John Lennon Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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5 October 2020

"Do the best until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." - Maya Angelou Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspec…

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21 September 2020

"It is always the simple that produce the marvelous." - Amelia Huddleston Barr Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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7 September 2020

"Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment." Oprah Winfrey Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Per…

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17 August 2020

"The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." - Jimmy Johnson Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspec…

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27 July 2020

“You are lost the instant you know what the result will be.” - Juan Gris Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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13 JULY 2020

“The best qualification of a prophet is to have a good memory.” - George Savile Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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8 JUNE 2020

“The whole is more than the sum of its parts.” – Aristotle Read Fund Manager Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective

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25 MAY 2020

US institutional investor confidence is currently at historic low levels, two standard deviations away from the average.

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11 MAY 2020

“One cannot develop an effective philosophy without having been exposed to life’s lessons.” - Howard Marks Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Globa…

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20 APRIL 2020

“Well bought is half sold.” - Howard Marks Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective.

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6 APRIL 2020

“You can’t predict. You can prepare.” - Howard Marks Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective.

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16 MARCH 2020

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” - Aristotle Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspective.

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3 March 2020

Contrary to earlier hopes, coronavirus is spreading through the world with infections now on all continents.

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10 February 2020

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” Socrates Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspectives

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11 FEBRUARY 2019

“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain” Aristotle Even though industrial production makes up less than a fifth of the US ec…

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28 JANUARY 2019

“The more I live, the more I regret how little I know” Claude Monet We monitor several indices reflecting general capital market conditions. Each one …

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14 JANUARY 2019

“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead.” Albert Einstein Investors start a new calendar year with a theme of …

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17 DECEMBER 2018

“He who in contented is rich.” Laozi With the volatile US stock market, it is prudent to continue closely monitoring its economic fundamental outlook …

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19 NOVEMBER 2018

“It’s not that I am so smart, I just stay with problems longer.” Albert Einstein It is our impression that we would need a relatively high probability…

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29 OCTOBER 2018

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Albert Einstein The weak stock market performance over the past few weeks has b…

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1 OCTOBER 2018

“What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience.” Adam Smith We continue to believe that the mo…

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10 SEPTEMBER 2018

GLOBAL MARKETS: The most important issue for the global capital markets remains the health of the US economy.

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27 AUGUST 2018

“Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.” David Bowie Somewhat surprisingly the end of July reading for the leading economic indicator ticke…

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13 AUGUST 2018

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour does the body.” Seneca US ECONOMY: We keep monitoring US economic indicators to form an opinion of the le…

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23 JULY 2018

“He who is brave is free.” Seneca Most leading US economic indicators are currently at historically elevated levels, with some seemingly in a process …

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18 JUNE 2018

Investors are reflecting on a combination of potent recent geopolitical events. The G7 summit ended in acrimony, the Singapore summit seems to hold pr…

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28TH MAY 2018

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” Seneca the Younger

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14 MAY 2018

“There are more things that frighten us than injure us, and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.” Seneca the Younger

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23 APRIL 2018

It is useful to constantly follow economic indicators to assess whether the fundamental economic outlook stays constructive.

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27th January 2020

“I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.” - Socrates Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspectives

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13th January 2020

“To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.” - Lao Tzu Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Perspectives

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9 December 2019

“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” - Laozi Read Fund Manger Gerrit Smit’s latest Global Equity Pe…

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25th November
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28 October 2019
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23 SEPTEMBER 2019

“Integrity is the essence of everything successful.” - R Buckminster Fuller The Institute of Supply Management PMI Indices provide valuable informatio…

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2 September 2019

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.” Laozi The most important strategic issue for world capital…

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18 August 2019

“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.” Leonardo da Vinci The US yield curve has made it to our front-page for the first time. Angst aroun…

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29 July 2019

“The truth is more important than the facts.” Frank Lloyd Wright Rolling annual GDP growth remains at the long-term average despite the second quarter…

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29 APRIL 2019

“Things are never clear until it’s too late.” Peter Lynch Average consensus expectations of +2.1% GDP growth were handsomely exceeded at +3.2%. This b…

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1 July 219

“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” John F. Kennedy The leading index’s growth continues at the previous mo…

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17 June 2019

​“You will be much more in control, if you realise how much you are not in control.” Benjamin Graham The Activity Index is still growing at a healthy …

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27 MAY 2019

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Søren Kierkegaard We follow various US sentiment indices to better understand …

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13 MAY 2019

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you are right.” Henry Ford With the strong US economy consumption still makes up 69.4% of their GD…

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15 APRIL 2019

“The essence of portfolio management is the management of risks, not the management of returns.” Benjamin Graham Whilst the growth in the leading econ…

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1 APRIL 2019

“Only the mediocre are always at their best” Jean Giraudoux Equity markets have been spooked a few times in the recent past by fears for potentially s…

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18 MARCH 2019

“The stock market is designed to transfer money from the active to the patient” Warren Buffett The combination of the Conference Board’s index of ten …

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4 MARCH 2019

“It’s not the mountain that we conquer but ourselves” Sir Edmund Percival Hillary We often start our note with a chart of a leading economic indicator…

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All investments risk the loss of capital. The value of investments may go down as well as up and, for products designed to return income, the distributions can also go down or up and you may not receive back the full value of your initial investment. No guarantee or representation is made that the funds will achieve their investment objective. The material on this site does not constitute legal, tax, or advice on investments. If you are unsure about whether a fund meets your requirements, then you should seek professional financial advice before investing. This information is not directed at any US person or any person in the US and the information does not constitute an offer or solicitation to buy or sell shares or units in any Stonehage Fleming fund to any US person or to any person in the US.

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All investments risk the loss of capital. The value of investments may go down as well as up and, for products designed to return income, the distributions can also go down or up and you may not receive back the full value of your initial investment. No guarantee or representation is made that the funds will achieve their investment objective. The material on this site does not constitute legal, tax, or advice on investments. If you are unsure about whether a fund meets your requirements, then you should seek professional financial advice before investing. This information is not directed at any US person or any person in the US and the information does not constitute an offer or solicitation to buy or sell shares or units in any Stonehage Fleming fund to any US person or to any person in the US.

The following pages contain information on collective investment schemes (both local and foreign) that have been approved by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) for distribution in South Africa, in accordance with the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, No 45 of 2002 (“CISCA”). The information and materials have been prepared for information purposes only and do not constitute a personal recommendation or advice or a solicitation to buy any product or service. They do not take into account the financial circumstances, needs or objectives of the recipient. In addition to the information provided, you may wish to consult an independent professional adviser.

 

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