Mark Butler

abrdn Investments Ltd. (aIL) is an asset management firm headquartered in Midlothian, UK. The firm was founded in 1987 and formerly known as Aberdeen Asset Managers Ltd. They are a wholly-owned subsidiary of abrdn Holdings Ltd., wholly-owned by abrdn Plc (LON: ABDN). aIL provides their clients with discretionary and non-discretionary asset management and related services across a broad range of investment strategies and asset classes. They also offer an alternative platform which encompasses multi-manager research, selection and portfolio management for hedge funds strategies.

abrdn Investment Management Ltd. (AIM) is the wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of Standard Life Investments Holdings Ltd., itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of abrdn Plc (LON: ABDN) in Great Britain. Formerly known as Standard Life Investments Ltd., the firm was founded in 1990 as the dedicated investment arm of the Standard Life group. Headquartered in Edinburgh, AIM is a socially responsible investor which offers Standard Life Ethical Funds for investors concerned about environmental and social issues. Their flagship is the UK Select Fund.

Allan Gray Unit Trust Management (RF) (PTY) Ltd. (Allan Gray UTM) is the South Africa-based asset management subsidiary of Orbis Holdings Ltd. in Bermuda. Established in 1974, the firm is based in Cape Town, with additional offices throughout South Africa. They are a Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment contributor which manages mutual funds and segregated accounts for institutional clients including pension funds, medical aid schemes and endowments, as well as for private individuals. They are a socially responsible investor which supports the principles proposed by the Code for Responsible Investing in South Africa (CRISA) and works in partnership with Bermuda-based Orbis Investment Management Ltd., which manages offshore equity mutual funds. The firms share the same investment philosophy and were both founded by Allan W B Gray.

Regarding Capital Management (Pty) Ltd. (RECM) is the asset management subsidiary of Merchant West Investments (Pty) Ltd. in South Africa. The firm was founded in 2003 by Piet Viljoen. Headquartered in Cape Town, RECM provides financial advisory and investment management services to domestic and international private individuals and institutions including pension funds. They manage unit trusts as well as discretionary portfolios.

Oasis Asset Management Ltd. (OAML) is the global investment management subsidiary of Oasis Group Holdings Pty Ltd. in South Africa. Established in 1997, the firm is located in Cape Town and manages assets for listed and private companies, semi-government organizations, retirement funds, educational institutions, trust funds, collective investment scheme managers, high-net worth individuals and multi-managers. OAML is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and manages the conventional investment products that form part of the Oasis product range both in South Africa and globally.

Towers Watson Ltd. provides human capital and financial management consulting services. It also offers actuarial services, advice on employee benefits, human capital strategies, benefits administration, investment consulting, insurance and financial services consulting. The company is headquartered in England, the United Kingdom.

Element Investment Managers (Pty) Ltd. (EIM), formerly known as Frater Asset Management, is an independent, owner-managed specialist investment management firm which was established in 1998. Located in Cape Town, South Africa, EIM provides discretionary investment management services to private individuals, institutions and retirement funds. In addition to segregated portfolios, they manage a range of unit trust and pooled funds. EIM manages Shari'ah-compliant investment portfolios on behalf of Islamic investors.

Cadiz Asset Management (Pty) Ltd. (Cadiz) is an investment management firm headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm was founded in 1996 as Cadiz African Harvest Asset Management (Pty) Ltd. They are owned by Warwick Private Clients (Pty) Ltd. Cadiz manages assets for both individual and institutional clients.

Liberum Capital Ltd. (Liberum) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded by Shane Le Prevost in 2007 to provide a different style of broking. They were acquired by Panmure Liberum Ltd. from TN Holdings (BVI) Ltd. in 2024. Headquartered in London, Liberum provides trading and execution services for institutional clients. They bring liquidity into the niches that matter and are market-makers in various large, mid and small-cap stocks.

Coronation Asset Management (Pty) Ltd. (CAM) is the asset management subsidiary of Coronation Investment Management SA (Pty) Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. (JSE: CML) in South Africa. The firm was founded by Louis Stassen and Tony Gibson in 1993. Headquartered in Cape Town, CAM offers both segregated and pooled investment vehicles to pension and provident funds, South African medical schemes, unit trusts, banks, insurers and other fund managers. They also manage assets for a growing number of international retirement funds, endowments and family offices.

SFM UK Management LLP (SFM UK) is the Great Britain-based alternative investment subsidiary of Soros Fund Management LLC in the US. Headquartered in London, SFM UK was founded in 2008 and manages assets of high net worth clients.

Morningstar Investment Management Europe Ltd. (MIME) is the Great Britain-based asset management subsidiary of Morningstar Investment Management LLC, which is owned by Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) in the US. Headquartered in London, MIME was founded in 2006 and provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to individual and institutional clients.

TCW Europe Ltd. provides investment management services. The private company is based in London, UK and was founded in 2013.