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Investing through uncertainty: Why discipline matters more than forecasts

Kokkie Kooyman

In the final episode of our Global Financial Fund podcast series, Nigel Barnes and Kokkie Kooyman discuss the investment principles and team culture that underpin the fund’s long-term approach.

The conversation explores why valuation discipline, shareholder value growth and management quality remain central to the team’s investment process, and how years of working together and meeting company management teams around the world help shape investment decisions.

Against a backdrop of ongoing market uncertainty, Kokkie also shares the team’s perspective on navigating volatility, explaining why they place greater confidence in strong businesses and capable management teams than in economic forecasts. The discussion highlights how the portfolio is being positioned today, balancing caution with a continued focus on identifying attractive long-term opportunities.

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About the author

  • Kokkie manages the award-winning Denker Global Financial Fund and its rand-denominated feeder fund. In 1989 he joined Old Mutual where he filled various investment management roles over 10 years, the last being Head of the Financial Services Sector. From 1999, Kokkie spent five years managing the local and global financial funds at Coronation Fund Managers. He established SIM (Sanlam Investment Management) Global in 2004, which merged with SIM Unconstrained Capital Partners to form Denker Capital.

    Kokkie has received the prestigious UK-based Investment Week’s Fund Manager of the Year award four times (2010-2013) in the financials category. The funds that Kokkie has managed over the years have received a range of industry awards. These include a Morningstar award for the Denker Global Financial Fund as well as Raging Bull awards for the Nedgroup Investments Financials Fund and the Denker SCI Global Equity Feeder Fund (the South African-registered feeder fund for the Denker Global Equity Fund).

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