Ninety One Emerging Market Local Currency Debt Class I - Accumulation (GBP)

Peter is Head Fixed Income and Co-Head of Emerging Market Sovereign & FX at Investec Asset Management. He is jointly responsible with Werner Gey van Pittius for all global emerging market sovereign debt strategies. Peter is also responsible top-down analysis within the team. He joined the firm in 2005 from Watson Wyatt, where he was responsible for bond and currency manager research. Prior to his time at Watson Wyatt, he spent six years as a senior portfolio manager responsible for global bond management at Robeco, where he helped develop the credit process and lead on numerous projects improving the process and tools of the department. He graduated in 1995 with a Master's degree in Econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

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Werner is Co-Head of Emerging Market Sovereign & FX at Investec Asset Management. He is jointly responsible with Peter Eerdmans for all global emerging market sovereign debt strategies. Werner is also responsible for EEMEA research in the team. He moved to London from Cape Town where he was a fixed income quantitative analyst and managed Investec Asset Management's asset and liability matching book. Prior to Investec Asset Management, Werner played professional rugby in concurrence with academic programmes. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Insurance Science from the University of Pretoria, a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degree in Financial Economics from the University of Stellenbosch, and a Master of Science degree in Applied Statistics from Oxford University. In addition, Werner obtained the Society of Technical Analysts diploma and was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute in 2006.

Antoon is an investment specialist and portfolio manager in the Fixed Income team at Ninety One. He is a portfolio manager for our Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt, Emerging Markets Local Currency Total Return Debt, and African Fixed Income strategies. He also has joint regional research responsibilities for Africa. He joined the Investec Group in 2005 as part of the Investec chartered accountant (TOPP) Programme. After spending time in accounts and investment banking where he was involved with merger and acquisition advisory work, he joined the firm in 2006. Antoon holds a Master's degree (cum laude) in Economics and an honours degree in Accounting from the University of Stellenbosch and is a Chartered Accountant (SA). Antoon studied in Germany as part of his post-graduate economic studies.