Despite extremely difficult market conditions in the past 18 months, analysts from Standard & Poors have maintained their AA rating for Sparinvest Global Value fund. The S&P rating report states that the fund remains well and consistently managed, with a portfolio that has delivered ‘peer relative outperformance’ and added value.
The report also speaks of a ‘high regard for Sparinvest’s value team’ which has ‘shown skill and consistency in its approach’ and which has expanded in the last year to include two Japanese-speaking analysts.