The Ninety One Global Gold Fund was awarded Best in Class and Outstanding Achiever in the Gold & Precious Metals Mutual Funds category for its strong performance while also displaying Benchmark pillars' excellence.

The Fund adopts a consistent investment philosophy and process to identify companies that can outperform through the commodity cycle. Gold prices are a crucial performance and valuation driver, and Ninety One uses a structured investment process to set risk-adjusted target prices while prioritizing capital and free cash flow as valuation metrics on stock selection.

The Fund's stewardship and ESG are highly rated among top tier global managers, and it has longstanding affiliations with governance and sustainability bodies. Significant resources are dedicated to an ESG team supported by impressive examples of structured, stewardship engagement with mining companies. For SRI and impact investing standards, Ninety One is acknowledged as the leading advocator in the commodity field, especially in Scope 3 emission analytics.

The Fund is in a typically volatile sector but has generated excellent performance with +301 basis points on a 3Y annualized net return vs. a non-ESG benchmark,

This Fund has been reviewed by four industry veterans of the Benchmark judging committee.