Asset Management
Investment excellence.
Proven over time.
Consistent, risk-adjusted performance across our range of strategies — delivered by a senior team with decades of experience navigating every meaningful market cycle, through a disciplined, repeatable process.
Independently recognised. Institutionally trusted.
Why Otto1890
Asset Management
Asset Management
At Otto1890 Asset Management, we manage strategies for some of South Africa's most discerning institutional investors. Investment excellence is not an aspiration - it is the standard against which every decision is measured and every outcome is judged.
Our process is research-led and our philosophy is consistent. Our team, with decades of collective experience, constructs portfolios with precision. We hold our convictions with patience as we steadily navigate turbulent markets. We don't rotate with sentiment or reach for returns that the environment doesn't support. We take appropriate risk at the appropriate time in the cycle - no more, no less.
We show our clients exactly how and why we consistently meet our investment objectives. Transparency is not incidental to how we invest. It is fundamental. We communicate with a depth of detail that our clients have come to rely on.
Philosophy
Our investment approach
Otto1890 Asset Management looks after your investments across different strategies, carefully planning for every stage of the market. We focus on making decisions that balance risk and reward, helping you grow your wealth over the long term.
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Superior Investment Outcomes
Superior Investment Outcomes
Leveraging a multi-strategy approach to uncover and capitalise on investment opportunities.
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Risk Management
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Research-driven Sustainability
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Superior Investment Outcomes
Leveraging a multi-strategy approach to uncover and capitalise on investment opportunities.
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Risk Management
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Research-driven Sustainability
Our Funds
Income investing is suited to investors who seek a steady stream of income while preserving capital. It typically includes fixed-income instruments that provide regular interest or income distributions.
These investments are generally more stable and carry lower risk than growth-focused assets, though they are not without risk. Bonds remain the most common form of fixed-income asset, forming the foundation of many income strategies. An income-focused portfolio balances three key elements: income, capital, and yield.
Otto1890 BCI Flexible Income Fund
The Otto1890 BCI Flexible Income Fund is an actively managed portfolio that allocates across a range of high-yielding income assets. This includes preference shares, non-equity securities, and fixed-income instruments such as bonds, corporate and inflation-linked bonds, convertible bonds, cash deposits, and money market instruments.
The portfolio may also hold assets in liquid form and, when appropriate, invest in listed and unlisted financial instruments.
Where suitable, the manager may utilise unlisted forward currency, interest rate, and exchange rate swaps.
Our Awards
Our disciplined approach and depth of expertise have earned recognition across the industry.
Morningstar
Awards Winner
2020 | 2021 | 2022
Raging Bull Awards
Winner
2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
2021 | 2022 |2025
Morningstar
Awards Winner
2020 | 2021 | 2022
Raging Bull Awards
Winner
2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
2021 | 2022 |2025
Morningstar
Awards Winner
2020 | 2021 | 2022
Raging Bull Awards
Winner
2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
2021 | 2022 |2025
Morningstar
Awards Winner
2020 | 2021 | 2022
Raging Bull Awards
Winner
2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
2021 | 2022 |2025
