2. AGENDA
1. The Efficient Group (EF Group)
2. Efficient Select (EF Select)
3. Single Manager Boutique
4. Multi Manager Boutique
5. Private Client Boutique
6. Questions
3. EF GROUP
• The EF Group is a diversified financial services business that provides a wide range of professional
services and products
• EF Group was born from the merger of a number of financial entities in September 2007
• The company was successfully listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on 20 April 2009
7. ROLE PLAYERS
Harold Hopking – Managing Director
Founding member of the EF Group, with over 20 years investment experience
Brendan Vadas – Chief Investment Officer
Is a CFA Charter Holder, Airline Transport Pilot and US Commercial flight Instructor
Our team consists of 10 investment professionals
8. ACHIEVEMENTS
• Standard and Poor’s Award in 2005
• Raging Bull certificate in 2006
• 2 Micropal Award in 2008
9. FUNDS UNDER
MANAGEMENT
Single Manager: R 750 million
Multli-Manager: R 1 500 million
Private Clients: R 300 million
Outsourced: R 450 million
Total FUM: R 3 billion
11. PEOPLE
Jean-Pierre du Plessis.
Head of Single Managers
B.Business Science (Finance) (UCT)
Marius Van Wyk. Stuart Sinclair.
Analyst, Assistant fund manager Analyst, Assistant fund manager
B.Eng (Electric & Electronic) (Stellenbosch) B.Comm Hons (Inv man. & Ecos) (Stellenbosch)
MSC.Eng Cum Laude (Stellenbosch) Enrolled in the CIMA programme
Passed CFA level 2
Rob Enslin. Ryan McCaughey
Dealer, Assistant fund manager
Intern
B.Comm Hons (Financial Analysis) (Stellenbosch)
B Com Financial Analysis (Honours)
CFA level 2 candidate
12. FORWARD
PHILOSOPHY
Forward PE
Growth Stocks
FORWARD Philosophy:
Growth at a Reasonable
Price
Value Stocks
Earnings Growth Rate
13. INVESTMENT
PROCESS
IDEAS
RISK ASSESMENT ANALYSIS
FORWARD
PHILOSOPHY
PRESENTATION
MONITORING AND
DISCUSSION
EXECUTION
14. FORWARD
ANALYSIS
How we apply the FORWARD Investment Philosophy to analyzing stocks:
F Fundamentals
O Opportunities
R Risks
W Wealth creation
A Assets
R Reliability of Management
D Dividends
15. THE 6 CATEGORIES
OF STOCKS
A unique but logical approach to how we view all listed shares:
1. Fast growers
2. Slow Growers
3. Stalwarts
4. Asset Plays
5. Cyclicals
6. Turnarounds
* Inspired by Peter Lynch
18. EFFICIENT EQUITY
FUND
• Category: General Equity
• Benchmark:J203T
• Fund Size: R240m
• The focus of this fund is to provide the investor with above average capital growth
by being fully invested in SA equities at all times
• We aim to do this by applying our FORWARD investment philosophy to South
African equities and property companies
• The portfolio is managed in a benchmark agnostic manner
19. EFFICIENT EQUITY
FUND
TOP 10 HOLDINGS
1. BHPBilliton
2. Clicks
3. Pinnacle
4. Famous Brands
5. Steinhoff
6. Old Mutual
7. Woolworths
8. ABSA
9. ABIL
10. Discovery
20. EFFICIENT EQUITY
FUND
STYLES % STOCK CATEGORIES
VALUE STOCKS 57.69%
GROWTH STOCKS 38.46%
DIVIDEND YIELD 3.85%
OPPORTUNITES 0.00%
TOTAL NUMBER OF STOCKS 32 4%
26% 41%
Cyclical
Stalwart
MARKET CAP %
Fast Grower
LARGE CAP 52.24% 29%
MID CAP 20.60% Slow Grower
SMALL CAP 27.16%
AVERAGE MARKET CAP (BN) R 52.35
CRISIS TRADES
NAME SHARES % OF FUND
BIL 863 586 2.5%
MTN 128 594 2.0%
SOL 127 979 2.0%
ASA 144 264 1.5%
OML 63 243 2.0%
TOTAL 10.0%
21. EFFICIENT
PROPERTY FUND
• Category: Real Estate
• Benchmark:J253T
• Fund Size: R200m
• The focus of this fund is to provide the investor with income as well capital
growth
• We aim to do this by applying our FORWARD investment philosophy to
South African property companies
• The portfolio is managed in a benchmark agnostic manner
22. EFFICIENT
PROPERTY FUND
TOP 10 HOLDINGS SECTOR ALLOCATION
1. Growthpoint
0%
2. Hyprop
6% 7%
3. Resilient
19% Cash
4. Acucap
5. Unibail Rodamco Retail
6. Pangbourne Office
50%
7. Redefine 18%
Industrial
8. Capital Hotels
9. Hospitality A
Residential
10. SA Corporate
23. EFFICIENT ACTIVE
ALLOCATION FUND
• Category: Worldwide Flexible
• Benchmark: CPI+4
• Fund Size: R180m
• The focus of this fund is to provide the investor with long term capital growth
through global diversification
• The focus of this fund is to provide South African investors with a vehicle
for global equity exposure and diversification
• The fund aims to have at least 50% of it’s assets offshore at any one time
• The management of this fund consists of 2 parts – domestic and offshore.
Our FORWARD philosophy is utilised in selecting both SA equities and
global companies
24. EFFICIENT ACTIVE
ALLOCATION FUND
COUNTRY ALLOCATION
TOP 10 HOLDINGS:
6%
1. Templeton Asian Growth 8% SOUTH AFRICA
2. Templeton Latin America USA
9% 35%
3. Templeton Eastern Europe UK
4. Swatch EUROPE
10%
5. Unibail Rodamco ASIA EX JAPAN
6. Yum Brands AUSTRALIA
7. New Gold 14%
LATIN AMERICA
8. Monsanto 18%
9. Hyundai
10. GlaxoSmithKline
DELVOPED VS DEVELOPING %
DEVELOPED 47.91%
DEVELOPING 52.09%
25. EFFICIENT
PRUDENTIAL FUND
• Category: Prudential Variable
• Benchmark: 65% ALSI, 35% Cash
• Fund Size: R105m
• The focus of this fund is to provide the investor with capital growth within the
risk parameters associated with retirement funding investments
• The fund achieves this objective through the use of derivatives, a minimum
cash holding and stock picking
26. EFFICIENT
PRUDENTIAL FUND
SCENARIO ANALYSIS
TOP 10 HOLDINGS
% Ret (P) % Ret (B) % Ret +/-
• Efficient Property Euro Weakens (Sovereign Debt Crisis)
-0.92 -4.23
3.31
• Efficient Active Allocation
9/11 Event (Terrorist Attack) 3.27
• Clicks -2.65 -5.92
• Pinnacle Dotcom Bubble Bursts (Market Bubble) -2.11
2.29 4.4
• Steinhoff
Invasion of Iraq (Major War) 2.54
• Lewis -3.05 -5.59
• Old Mutual Flight to Quality (Flight to Dev Mkts) 1.56
-2.98 -4.54
• Famous Brands
• Discovery Economic Recovery Falters (Double-dip)
-4.02 -5.77
1.75
• ABIL
US in Recession (Growth Concerns) 1.88
-3.3 -5.18
Interest Rates up 100bps (Inflation Rises) 0.02
0.02 0
27. EFFICIENT MONEY
MARKET FUND
• Category: Money Market
• Benchmark: 3 Month Jibar
• Fund Size: R73m
• The focus of this fund is to provide the investor with cash beating returns over
time while ensuring capital preservation
28. RANKINGS
FUND 6 MONTHS 1 YEAR
Rank No. of Rank No. of
funds funds
EFFICIENT EQUITY FUND
22 85 55 85
EFFICIENT ACTIVE ALLOCATION
FUND 2 16 1 15
EFFICIENT PROPERTY FUND
6 22 6 21
EFFICIENT PRUDENTIAL FUND
13 63 13 58
29. MARKET OUTLOOK
• Japanese recession concerns; Euro area uncertainty and global political instability will add to
market volatility
• US recovery on track
• Emerging markets will continue to drive global growth and consumption
• Market Volatility will continue providing us with great opportunities to buy our favourite
stocks at discounted prices
32. INVESTMENT
PROCESS (A)
Quarterly Daily
Market Houseview See-Through
Watch Meeting Asset Alloc
Monitoring
Quarterly
Daily
Idea Houseview
Investment
Generation Asset Class
Meeting
Ranges
Strategic Tactical
Asset Class Asset
Ranges Allocation
33. Q1-2011
HOUSEVIEW
NEGATIVE CAUTIOUS NEUTRAL OPTMISTIC POSITIVE
LOCAL (-) Relatively better value
CASH in Property and Equity
(+) SA yields still more
attractive than DM’s
LOCAL (-) Inflation has bottomed
BONDS (+) Rate hikes expected
only in H2 (not Q1 or Q2)
LOCAL (-) May have peaked
PROPERTY (+) Vacancies decreasing
(+) Positive GDP growth
expected
LOCAL (+) “BRICS” invite
EQUITY emphasises
Gateway to Africa;
(+) Commodities up-cycle
under way
OFFSHORE (-) Zero Rates
CASH
OFFSHORE (-) Inflation concerns
BONDS
OFFSHORE (+) Attractive valuations
PROPERTY
OFFSHORE (+) Attractive valuations
EQUITY
36. INVESTMENT
PROCESS (B)
EQUITY PROPERTY FIXED INTEREST
Manager Universe Manager Universe Manager Universe
Absa Efficient Prudential
Cadiz Stanlib RMB
Efficient SIM
Old Mutual
Fund Universe Fund Universe Fund Universe
Asset Allocation Listed Property Varied Specialist
General Equity
Sector Tilts
Qualitative Manager Assessment: Bi-Annual Due Diligence and Scoring Process
Quantitative Fund Analysis: Morningstar
Portfolio Construction: Correlation
37. UNDERLYING
FUNDS
GROWTH OVER 6 YEARS TO 23 MARCH 2011
CUMULATIVE RETURN
 OLD MUTUAL MINING & RES R………………………………….257.22
 ABSA SELECT EQUITY…………………………………………………194.12
 EFFICIENT EQUITY……………………………………………………..149.61
 EFFICIENT PROPERTY…………………………………………………143.08
 FTSE/JSE ALL SHARE PR ZAR………………………………………122.21
 RMB INCOME PLUS A………………………………………………..81.43
39. ASSET + FUND
ALLOCATION
EFFICIENT INTERNATIONAL FOF (USD)
28 FEBRUARY 2011
ASSET FUND ALLOCATION
ALLOCATION
Templeton Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund 12%
VAM-Funds US Microcap Growth Fund 11%
79% Fidelity China Focus Fund 11%
Fidelity Australia Fund 9%
Templeton Brazil Russia India China Fund 8%
Orbis Asia ex Japan Fund 7%
9% Fidelity Global Technology Fund 7%
Franklin Technology Fund 6%
7%
1% 4% Franklin Mid-East North Africa Fund 5%
Templeton Latin America Fund 3%
VAM-Funds International Real Estate Fund 9%
Equity
Fidelity Emerging Market Debt Fund 5%
Real Estate
ACPI Global Credit Fund 2%
Fixed Interest
SPDR Gold Exchange Traded Fund 4%
Gold
Cash 1%
Cash
0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00%
40. REGIONAL
ALLOCATION
EFFICIENT INTERNATIONAL FOF (USD)
28 FEBRUARY 2011
REGIONAL REGIONAL BREAKDOWN
OVERVIEW
US & CANADA 30%
EUROPE 5%
38% 62%
JAPAN 3%
CHINA 23%
ASIA ex JAPAN & CHINA 10%
LATIN AMERICA 10%
AUSTRALIA 9%
MID-EAST & AFRICA 6%
UNSPECIFIED 4%
Developed Markets Emerging Markets
0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00%
41. PERFORMANCE
(USD)
OMGB EFFICIENT INTERNATIONAL FOF (USD)
28 FEBRUARY 2011
20 SEP 2005 (INCEPTION) - 28 FEB 2011
PERFORMANCE IN BASE CURRENCY (USD)
$17 000.00
$15 000.00
$13 000.00
$11 000.00
$9 000.00
$7 000.00
$5 000.00
OMGB Efficient International FoF : +29% MSCI World Index : 10% High Water Mark USD 3M LIBOR
42. PERFORMANCE
(ZAR)
OMGB EFFICIENT INTERNATIONAL FOF (USD)
28 FEBRUARY 2011
20 SEP 2005 (INCEPTION) - 28 FEB 2011
PERFORMANCE IN LOCAL CURRENCY (ZAR)
R19 000.00
R18 000.00
R17 000.00
R16 000.00
R15 000.00
R14 000.00
R13 000.00
R12 000.00
R11 000.00
R10 000.00
R9 000.00
OMGB Efficient International FoF : +68% MSCI World Index : +24%
43. RANKINGS
OMGB EFFICIENT INTERNATIONAL FOF (USD)
28 FEBRUARY 2011
GIFS* Rankings to 28 Feb 2011 5 YEARS 4 YEARS 3 YEARS 2 YEARS 1 YEAR
USD Aggressive Allocation Return Rank Return Rank Return Rank Return Rank Return Rank
Fidelity RMT-Balanced 40.67 1 23.20 2 6.68 8 66.83 13 14.36 28
SCB MPF Ad-Fidelity GIF Bal 39.56 2 22.23 4 5.97 9 66.02 15 14.07 30
Sun Life First State MPF Progrs Gr A 39.26 3 22.42 3 7.37 7 63.79 19 15.66 14
OMGB Efficient International USD 38.31 4 24.98 1 20.15 2 39.74 54 12.36 48
Principal 600 Glbl Growth 36.08 5 15.51 6 1.57 17 64.30 16 17.29 10
Principal 800 Glbl Growth 36.05 6 15.61 5 1.64 16 64.30 17 17.30 9
Principal 500 Balanced Growth A 31.80 7 11.77 16 -0.91 29 61.68 25 16.06 13
SCB MPF Ad-Schroder Bal Inv 31.67 8 15.31 7 4.98 10 61.39 26 14.89 19
SCB MPF-Balanced 31.49 9 13.76 9 2.20 15 53.93 39 14.78 21
Invesco MPF Balanced A 31.28 10 12.24 13 1.56 18 50.09 47 12.40 47
SCB MPF Ad-Balanced 31.18 11 13.75 10 2.28 14 53.63 40 14.67 22
ING MPF MT Basic Bal Growth 31.02 12 13.09 11 4.35 11 57.34 33 13.86 33
Schroder MPF Balanced Invmt - A 30.43 13 13.91 8 3.66 13 61.91 24 14.50 26
ING MPF MT Comp Bal Growth 30.17 14 12.52 12 3.92 12 56.96 35 13.62 37
Bank Consortium E70 Mixed Asset 29.68 15 11.34 17 0.29 21 55.23 38 14.57 24
RCM Balanced A 29.30 16 12.15 14 -0.68 28 52.72 43 14.79 20
BEA (IS) Growth 28.94 17 10.91 19 1.30 19 58.87 29 13.20 40
SCB MPF Ad-RCM Bal 28.06 18 11.29 18 -1.24 30 52.01 44 14.50 25
SCB MPF Ad Invesco Glbl Bal 26.37 19 9.30 21 -0.15 26 48.22 48 11.53 51
BEA (MPF) Growth 26.11 20 8.95 22 0.16 24 57.41 32 12.72 45
Number of investments ranked 45 50 53 65 68
Peer Group Average 19.34 4.34 -0.53 56.70 12.43
*GIFS = Global Investment Fund Sector
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