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Mike Farry

Mike Farry

Portfolio Manager

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Portfolio Manager at Sasol Pension Fund

  • Education

    • University of the Witwatersrand

      1996 - 1998
      Bachelor's Degree Commerce (Finance)

      • Passed with 11 distinctions• Awarded 2 Certificates of Merit (for highest class grade in 2 subjects)• Awarded Wimble Cairns and Taylor Scholarship for Academic Excellence

  • Experience

    • Santa Fe Fund of Hedge Funds

      Jan 2002 - Dec 2007
      Portfolio Manager

      • Top-down (asset /strategy allocations) and bottom-up investment analysis• Meetings with fund managers in New York and Los Angeles• Manager research reports on an extensive range of geographically diversified hedge funds: → Long/Short Equity, Event Driven, Credit, Global Macro, and CTAs

    • STANLIB Multi-Manager

      Jul 2008 - Oct 2015
      Portfolio Manager

      • Manager Research, Portfolio Construction, and Asset Allocation committees' voting member• PM of Real Return, Defensive Balanced, and Flexible Property funds, and Specialist Risk-Profiles• Raging Bull Award (2012) - Best “Domestic RE General” unit trust risk-adjusted performance

    • Sasol Pension Fund

      Jan 2016 - now
      Portfolio Manager / Senior Investment Analyst

      • Coverage of Consumer (Staples and Discretionary) and Healthcare equity sectors• Formulation of macro views informing asset allocation and portfolio positioning• Portfolio Manager for the fund's fixed income portfolio

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

      CFA Institute
      Sept 2003