In a client focused business, we recognise that dedicated, talented and passionate people are the key to delivering investment success for our clients. As such, our people are the foundation on which our business rests.
We are committed to developing our people to their full potential and building a culture that supports them to deliver strong and robust outcomes for our clients. We have a diverse workforce and we aim to mirror the community across our workforce. The resulting diversity of thought adds significant benefit to our organisation and the value we generate for our clients. The quality and engagement of our people is core to our success.
We are proud of our culture, which fosters individual development and active participation, ensuring that an innovative and stimulating work environment is provided. We have an uncompromising determination to achieve excellence in everything we undertake. We attract and employ people who embody the characteristics of:
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Leadership
We strive to anticipate the changing needs of our clients and we are determined to find better solutions to each client’s problems. We pride ourselves on fostering a leadership approach. Our people have access to a broad range of leadership programs through in-house and external training which addresses leadership at individual and team levels.
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Expertise
The true benefit of our business is in the people we employ and the expertise they bring to our product offering. It is only through them, and the consistent, repeatable and robust business practices we have developed, that we are able to deliver successful outcomes for our investors. We therefore believe that our people will do the best for our clients in a culture that creates opportunity and continually improves their expertise through education, exposure and experience.
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Specialised Teams
We employ more than 230 investment specialists with direct experience in the asset class they manage. We encourage and support a hands-on approach to investing through direct analysis and site visits to companies in which we invest. Each year, our team of investment specialists undertake more than 5,000 site visits.
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Passion
We recruit and encourage a culture that supports an individual’s passion to achieve the very best. Passion breeds innovation and an environment of excellence.
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We align remuneration of investment staff to the interests of our clients
All our analysts and portfolio managers have a high level of performance incentives. This is reviewed annually and provides bonus arrangements for outperformance. A zero bonus is paid for below par performance. Importantly, we measure performance of the funds against benchmark as well as competitors as the major component of the performance measurement. The head of each asset class is also evaluated based upon the overall business success of their asset class. This ensures that the interests of the investment teams and clients are firmly aligned.
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