Allan Gray

Est. 1973
1,001-5,000 employees Financial Services

About Allan Gray

We are Africa’s largest privately-owned and independent investment management company. We are focused on generating long-term wealth for our clients who include individuals, retirement funds, insurers, trusts, companies and foundations. They invest through our focused range of unit trusts, retirement products and life insurance investment pools or in segregated portfolios.

Our employees are our most important differentiator; we invest in them for the long term. We have over 1 200 employees spread across our Cape Town headquarters, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban offices. We also have offices in Windhoek, Namibia, and Gaborone, Botswana.

Allan Gray Proprietary Limited is an authorised financial services provider.

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Non‑financial actions that materially improve retirement outcomes
  • 02 Jun 2026

Employee benefits consultants play a critical role in shaping outcomes for retirement fund members. Siyasanga Mlozana explores how they influence contributio...

By Allan Gray In Wealth Practice
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Two laws, one obligation: Safeguarding retirement fund contributions
  • 02 Jun 2026

Paying over retirement fund contributions is a core obligation for any employer who offers a retirement fund arrangement. Recent regulatory changes mean that...

By Allan Gray In Wealth Practice
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Beyond the narratives: Investing through uncertainty
  • 01 Jun 2026

Periods of heightened uncertainty often feel exceptional while we are living through them. But history suggests that markets have consistently rewarded...

By Allan Gray
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Lessons from the markets and the sea: Don’t get caught in the undertow
  • 29 May 2026

Sea voyages teach us that calm waters are the exception, not the rule. The forecast may appear reassuring, but conditions change quickly. The mistake is...

By Allan Gray In Macro
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Taxation of retirement lump sums and living annuity income for non-residents
  • 11 May 2026

Investors who emigrate are often surprised by the complexity involved in accessing their existing retirement investments after they have ceased to be South...

By Allan Gray In Wealth Practice
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Exploring the frontier: Why elevated risk offers enticing opportunities
  • 04 May 2026

Global markets are navigating a challenging mix of persistent conflict, energy insecurity and volatile inflation, stoking fear among investors. In frontier a...

By Allan Gray In Commodities, Macro
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Optimal Fund: Muted returns conceal a sharp rise in volatility
  • 21 Apr 2026

Coming off record-breaking outperformance in...

By Allan Gray
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Orbis Global Balanced: Avoiding fear and greed in a noisy market
  • 21 Apr 2026

Portfolio manager Alec Cutler, from our offshore...

By Allan Gray In Portfolio Construction
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Orbis Optimal SA Fund: Earning its keep in volatile times
  • 21 Apr 2026

Amid widening uncertainty and complex geopolitical...

By Allan Gray
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