Company overview

Although Roxburgh Asset Management is a relatively young business within the Roxburgh Group, the Roxburgh Group has been in existence for more than 29 years. The Roxburgh Board of Directors has in excess of 160 years combined experience in the provision of financial services to clients in South Africa.

Key staff

Russell Sachs

Russell is an independent CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® practitioner, also known as a CFP® practitioner and has been practicing since 1 August 1990. The CFP® designation is the highest professional designation one can achieve within financial planning.

Russell is a member of the professional body of financial planning, the Financial Planning Institute of South Africa (FPI). He joined Roxburgh Trust in 2003 as a director and full partner.
Russell believes in implementing a holistic approach towards Lifetime Financial Planning and when providing financial guidance.

This approach involves a process that evaluates the client’s financial needs, objectives and desires in all areas of life and he makes use of the acclaimed Spotlight analysis software to provide comprehensive financial planning reports.
Russell takes on client portfolios and wealth management with extreme personal interest and attention to detail. He has a personal interest in wealth and asset management and the market factors affecting his clients’ portfolios.

Adv Pieter Norval

Pieter Norval studied law at the University of the Orange Free State and is also an admitted advocate of the High Court of South Africa.

He started his career in the financial services industry as a legal advisor with Old Mutual where he specialised in wills and trusts.

Pieter founded a small financial services company, Joshua House (PTY) Ltd in 1995 and after four years of successful independent financial planning he joined Roxburgh Trust as a director and shareholder in January 1999.

Clinton Van Coller

Certificate in Financial Planning (Milpark Business School); AFP™ professional
Clinton gained a Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1985 from the University of Pretoria, and was a successful veterinary practitioner in private practice until 1999.

He successfully completed a Franchise Development Program with Liberty Life in 2000, which gave him entrance into the fascinating world of personal finance and wealth management.

Clinton joined Roxburgh Trust in 2001 as an Associate Financial Planner and holds a Certificate in Financial Planning from the Milpark Business School. He takes tremendous personal interest in his client’s financial affairs and pays meticulous attention to their personal portfolios and wealth management.

Clinton has a special interest in asset management and the market factors affecting his clients’ portfolios.

In his spare time, Clinton finds relaxation in cycling and playing golf. He is an avid reader of most literary subjects, with however a special interest in history, politics and philosophy. Over and above that, his 3 children keep him very busy and out of trouble.

Rob Tippett

Rob Tippet is an independent CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® practitioner, also known as a CFP® practitioner, and has been practicing since April 1983 (over 30 years).

He gained a Diploma in Financial Planning from Liberty Life (top of the class) and is also a member of the professional body of financial planning, the Financial Planning Institute of South Africa (FPI).

In September 2011 Rob graduated from the Wits Business School’s Certificate Programme in Leadership Development

Rob started his career at Liberty Life in 1983 and left the company to become the co-founder of an independent firm called HTW Financial Services in 1991.

He joined Roxburgh Trust in 2003 as a director and shareholder and apart from his financial planning duties; he also holds the position of Financial Director.

Rob uses the holistic concept of Lifetime Financial Planning to provide advice, a process that uses the client’s financial needs, objectives and desires in all areas of life.

In addition he makes use of the acclaimed Spotlight analysis software to provide comprehensive financial planning reports.

Colin Resnik

Colin is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® practitioner, also known as a CFP® practitioner and has experience in the field of financial planning, investment and asset management since 1992.

He joined his late father in a successful financial planning practice in 1992, thereafter joining Roxburgh Trust as a Shareholder and Director in 2002.

Colin attained a post graduate Certified Financial Planning qualification from the University of Orange Free State in 2001 as well as a post graduate diploma in Investment analysis and Portfolio management from the University of Johannesburg in 2007.

Colin’s main focus and passion is to assist and advise his clients to become:

  • Financially astute
  • Financially secure and to
  • Acquire a greater understanding of the workings of the financial markets by means of education awareness.

Duncan Band

Duncan holds a BComm in Financial Accounting from Stellenbosch University, a BCTA from Rand Afrikaans University, and qualified as a Certified Financial Planning Practioner® at the University of the Free State. He has been working in financial services for 12 years, and joined Roxburgh Trust in 2014.

He has worked in large corporates and small businesses, with this diverse experience giving him deep insight and understanding of the wide range of products in the marketplace. His well-established platform of knowledge positions him to offer well-rounded and insightful advice to his clients.

Duncan is passionate about helping his clients create wealth and financial stability, making sure that they understand their own products and investments and enjoy the pace of mind that comes with a financial plan that has financial freedom as its end goal.

Contact details

Fund details

The Roxburgh Ci Balanced Fund of Funds is a multi-asset medium equity portfolio. The investment objective of the portfolio is to provide investors with moderate capital growth.

The portfolio will have an equity exposure of a maximum of 60% of the portfolio’s net asset value. The composition of the portfolio shall reflect the investment structure of a fund with a moderate risk profile and will comply with prudential investment guidelines to the extent allowed by the Act.

Investments to be included in the portfolio will, apart from assets in liquid form, consist solely of participatory interests in portfolios of collective investment schemes or other similar collective investment schemes registered in the Republic of South Africa or of participatory interests in collective investment schemes or other similar schemes operated in territories with a regulatory environment which is to the satisfaction of the Manager and the Trustee of a sufficient standard to provide investor protection which is at least equivalent to that in South Africa.

The portfolio may from time to time invest in listed and unlisted financial instruments, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, and the Regulations thereto, as amended from time to time, in order to achieve the portfolio’s investment objective.

The Roxburgh Ci Balanced Plus Fund of Funds is a multi-asset high equity portfolio. The investment objective of the portfolio is to long term capital growth.The portfolio will have an equity exposure of a maximum of 75% of the portfolio’s net asset value. The composition of the portfolio shall reflect the investment structure of a fund with a high risk profile and will comply with prudential investment guidelines to the extent allowed by the Act.

Investments to be included in the portfolio will, apart from assets in liquid form, consist solely of participatory interests in portfolios of collective investment schemes or other similar collective investment schemes registered in the Republic of South Africa or of participatory interests in collective investment schemes or other similar schemes operated in territories with a regulatory environment which is to the satisfaction of the Manager and the Trustee of a sufficient standard to provide investor protection which is at least equivalent to that in South Africa.

The portfolio may from time to time invest in listed and unlisted financial instruments, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, and the Regulations thereto, as amended from time to time, in order to achieve the portfolio’s investment objective.

The Roxburgh Ci Conservative Fund of Funds is a multi-asset low equity portfolio. The investment objective of the portfolio is to provide investors with income and conservative capital growth with a focus on capital preservation.The portfolio will have an equity exposure of a maximum of 40% of the portfolio’s net asset value. The composition of the portfolio shall reflect the investment structure of a fund with a low risk profile and will comply with prudential investment guidelines to the extent allowed by the Act.

Investments to be included in the portfolio will, apart from assets in liquid form, consist solely of participatory interests in portfolios of collective investment schemes or other similar collective investment schemes registered in the Republic of South Africa or of participatory interests in collective investment schemes or other similar schemes operated in territories with a regulatory environment which is to the satisfaction of the Manager and the Trustee of a sufficient standard to provide investor protection which is at least equivalent to that in South Africa.

The portfolio may from time to time invest in listed and unlisted financial instruments, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, and the Regulations thereto, as amended from time to time, in order to achieve the portfolio’s investment objective.

This is a worldwide multi-asset flexible portfolio. The investment objective of the portfolio is to provide investors with long term capital growth by investing in portfolios across various asset classes, both locally and abroad.

The manager will implement the allocation across various portfolios to achieve the optimal blend of assets without any constraints of allocating assets to any one asset class. The portfolio maintains a high risk profile and will have full flexibility as to whether to invest offshore or locally.

Investments to be included in the portfolio will, apart from assets in liquid form, consist solely of participatory interests in portfolios of collective investment schemes or other similar collective investment schemes registered in the Republic of South Africa or of participatory interests in collective investment schemes or other similar schemes operated in territories with a regulatory environment which is to the satisfaction of the Manager and the Trustee of a sufficient standard to provide investor protection which is at least equivalent to that in South Africa.

The investment objective of the portfolio is to generate yield and aim to outperform inflation over time. The portfolio maintains a low risk profile and the portfolio’s equity exposure will be limited to a maximum of 10% of the portfolio’s net asset value. The portfolio will comply with prudential investment guidelines to the extent allowed by the Act.

Investments to be included in the portfolio may, apart from assets in liquid form, consist of nonequity securities, fixed interest instruments (including but not limited to bonds, corporate bonds, inflation linked bonds, convertible bonds, cash deposits and money market instruments), debentures, preference shares and property securities as well as any other income enhancing securities which are considered consistent with the portfolio’s primary objective and that the Act may allow from time to time.

The portfolio may also include participatory interests in portfolios of collective investment schemes or other similar collective investment schemes registered in the Republic of South Africa or of participatory interests in collective investment schemes or other similar schemes operated in territories with a regulatory environment which is to the satisfaction of the Manager and the Trustee of a sufficient standard to provide investor protection which is at least equivalent to that in South Africa.  The portfolio may from time to time invest in listed and unlisted financial instruments, in accordance with the provisions of the Act, and the Regulations thereto, as amended from time to time, in order to achieve the portfolio’s investment objective.

Minimum Disclosure Documents (MDDs)

Roxburgh Ci Balanced Fund of Funds
Roxburgh Ci Balanced Plus Fund of Funds
Roxburgh Ci Conservative Fund of Funds
Roxburgh Ci Worldwide Flexible Fund of Funds
Roxburgh Ci Income Fund