Darren is an analyst within the Quality team at Ninety One. He is a co-portfolio manager of the Ninety One Absolute Balanced Fund. His responsibilities include the fundamental research of South African-listed shares. Darren’s research coverage has been broad and he has over a decade’s worth of experience researching resource, industrial and financial companies. Prior to joining the firm, Darren worked as an equity analyst at Allan Gray. He started his career at Old Mutual. Darren graduated from the University of Cape Town in 2004 with a Bachelor of Business Science degree in Actuarial Science. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and a CFA® Charterholder.