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Ashburton Investments has a highly experienced fixed income team dedicated to managing fixed income funds that will keep your money working for you – whether you’re looking to outpace inflation or generate income. Our ability to access and manage a broad spectrum of fixed income assets enables us to offer solutions that are suited to any situation. Fixed income funds We provide access to a broad range of traditional and alternative fixed income options including government and corporate bonds and credit along the entire risk spectrum. Our team is supported by an experienced inflation and structuring desk and is backed by a robust investment process.
Michael Grobler
Strategy Analyst
About
Michael Grobler is a Strategy Analyst for the Fixed Interest Team at Ashburton Investments. He was a Fixed Interest Strategist at Atlantic Asset Management. Prior to joining Atlantic’s investment team in early 2013, Michael gained significant experience analysing investment strategies; covering market pricing and other topics related to the South African bond market and interest rate products. In 2012 Michael was ranked within the top 3 in the fixed income category in the Financial Mail Annual Analyst Awards for his research. From 2015-2018 he was part of a team that successfully managed a South Africa Fixed Income Hedge Fund with successful track record delivering substantial alpha and quality returns for investors with low volatility. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics of Finance and is a CFA charterholder and Member of South African Institute of Stockbrokers.
Kgothatso Nyabela
Portfolio Manager
Kgothatso Nyabela is a Fixed Income Portfolio Manager within Ashburton Investments' Fixed Income Team. Kgothatso joined FirstRand Group in 2010 as a Technical Wealth Assistant, she later assumed the role of Performance Analyst gaining knowledge of all aspects relevant to performance measurement and reporting. She then became buy-side equity dealer trading mainly equities. Kgothatso joined Ashburton Investments in 2014 as a Fixed Income Dealer being responsible for risk monitoring and implementation within the team. Kgothatso graduated with her BCom (Hons) in Financial Economics and Investment Management from the University of the Free State.
Albert Botha
Head: Fixed Income
Albert Botha is the Head of Fixed Income at Ashburton Investments since 2017. With almost two decades of experience in financial markets, he manages the Fixed Income team and the investment process. He is responsible for several portfolios across various asset classes in the emerging and developed markets space. During his tenure, the fixed income business has grown more than tenfold to almost R60bn. Albert holds a BCom degree (Stellenbosch) and is an Associate Actuary (AIA). He enjoys reading, cooking, and savouring a good meal paired with a great bottle of wine. Curiosity has always been a core trait of his personality and he loves learning things, whether is it new ideas in portfolio management or how whisky is made. Albert has been married for over a decade and new and interesting gadgets are his weakness. His wife has banned him from buying new books, so his Kindle gets used frequently.
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