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Argon Asset Management (Pty) Ltd www.argonassetmanagement.co.za
Company details
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Investment mandates
FAIS FSP registration number: 835 Switchboard: +27 21 670 6570 Fax number: +27 21 671 8252 General email: jeremy@argonasset.co.za Website: www.argonassetmanagement.co.za Address: 1st Floor, Colinton House, The Oval, 1 Oakdale Road, Newlands, 7700 PO Box 23254, Claremont, 7735 Compliance officer name: Tim Howse, eComply +27 21 671 8162
What is the ownership structure of the company? Independent, in other words no group structure Who are the directors of the company? Mothobi Seseli, Luyanda Joxo and Sello Setai Do staff and management have an interest in ownership? Please provide the percentage held by staff and management: Yes, 100%
What are your total assets under management? R27.8 billion Please detail the mandates you currently manage and the size of each of these mandates: Institutional: R26.8 billion Retail: R1 billion Life: N/A Other: N/A
Investment philosophy Argon Asset Management is a clientcentric investment management firm that is committed to internationally accepted best practices and global standards. They have a high performance culture that filters through to the long-term sustainable success of their investment portfolios. They follow a bottom-up, fundamental research, valuation based equity investment process. Multi asset class investments follow an active tactical asset allocation approach, with a strong capital protection underpin and volatility enhancing strategies that generate extra yield. They also follow a multi-strategy fixed income process, diversifying sources or risk and return with a mix of duration, credit and yield curve tactical trades.
FAIS requirements Who is your FAIS complaints officer? Tim Howse Please provide the link to the complaints policy on your website: http://www.argonassetmanagement. co.za/about-argon/regulatory-details/
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History When was the company established? 2005-04-01 List of mergers that have taken place since being established: N/A
B-BBEE credentials Are you B-BBEE accredited? Yes What is your B-BBEE status? Level 2 By whom have you been accredited? Empowerdex (Pty) Ltd Date of accreditation: 2017-10-05
GIPS Are you GIPS compliant? Yes Are you GIPS verified? Yes By whom have you been verified? Ms Lesley Harvey of eComply www.ecomply.co.za Date of verification: 2015-09-23 Expiry date of verification: Latest verification expected soon.
Key investment personnel Size of Investment Team: 21 Dr Manas Bapela Chief Executive Officer / Chief Investment Officer M Sc (Mathematics) cum laude, PhD (Mathematics) Univ of PTA, Global Investment Risk Mgt (Saïd Bus School, Oxford Univ) UK 18 years’ industry experience 8 years with firm Kyle Hulett Deputy CIO & Head of Multi Asset Class B Bus Sc (Actuarial Science) UCT, Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries FFA (UK), CFA 17 years’ industry experience 7 years with firm Krishna Sathee Head of Fixed Income B Sc, B Sc (Hons) Statistics (UNISA) 21 years’ industry experience 8 years with firm Junaid Bray Head of Equities BBus Sc (Finance) UCT, CFA 15 years’ industry experience 4 years with firm