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Delphine Govender: There IS life after Allan Gray - launches her own unit trusts

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When chartered accountant turned ace money manager Delphine Govender left Allan Gray two years ago, most outsiders scratched their heads. After 11 years with SA's most admired asset manager, she had been intimately involved in helping it grow from 60 people to 800; and witnessed assets under management ballooning from R20bn to R360bn. On the day when Delphine opens her new two new Met Perpetua unit trusts to investment from the public, Allan Gray's former star manager explains why she decided to go it alone - and tells of the challenges of running a boutique money manager. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Oct 2014 5AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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