The Alexforbes survey team come out on top for the third time in a row

For the third consecutive year, the Alexforbes survey team won the best investment survey provider category at the 2021 New York-based Africa Global Funds (AGF) Service Providers Awards on 8 October 2021.

AGF provides complete coverage and analysis of the key players in the African investment space, which encompasses those managing assets in traditional and alternative asset classes. Now in their sixth year, the AGF Service Providers Awards recognise and reward companies that excel at providing services to the African asset management industry.

Alexforbes follows an advice-led and independent approach, which differs from a product or salesdriven approach. At the heart of our business lies our commitment to making a positive impact on people’s lives by providing the right insights, advice and solutions at the right time.

As an investment survey provider and guardian of one of the most respected and widely read surveys in Africa, Alexforbes gives users reliable and appropriate information. We constantly reassess and enhance our surveys as new investment instruments and strategies, which drive performance, emerge. We also keep pace with analytical and technological advances relating to performance attribution. The Alexander Forbes Manager Watch™ surveys showcase the performance and risk statistics of institutional fund managers in South Africa and have been published since 1994. We pride ourselves in providing clients with a specialised range of analytical solutions. We are also the only investment survey provider that publishes a survey for all the major asset classes in South Africa.

Commenting on the award, Don Andrews, head of the Alexforbes investment survey team, says, “We are delighted to have been voted the best investment survey provider in Africa for the third year in a row. This award bears testimony to our continuous commitment to provide the best service to our clients and stakeholders.”

John Anderson, executive of investments, products and enablement at Alexforbes, says: “Clients use our surveys to assess their investment strategies and to keep abreast of new strategies available to them. Asset managers also use the results to benchmark their performance. The surveys therefore assist various stakeholders in the industry to ultimately improve the overall outcomes for the end investor.”