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Zak Smerczak
Comgest Asset Management Inter
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Zak Smerczak joined Comgest in 2016 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global equities. He is also a member of the Comgest Group's Investment Committee. Zak started his career in 2006 at Deloitte in London, initially in Assurance & Advisory Services before moving to Transaction Services where he was responsible for operational and financial due diligence. In 2011, Zak joined Mirabaud Asset Management where he worked as an Analyst covering global equities. In 2015, he moved to Polar Capital Holdings where he held the position of Analyst / Portfolio Manager for the firm’s global multi-asset income strategy. Zak holds a Bachelor of Business Science Degree with Honours in Finance from the University of Cape Town. He is a CFA® charterholder and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland since 2009.
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Manager career performance
Discrete calendar year performance : Zak Smerczak

Manager career performance
Discrete performance
  0-12m 12-24m 24-36m 36-48m 48-60m 60-72m 72-84m 84-96m 96-108m 108-120m
Zak Smerczak 18.4 11.0 -17.1 14.0 10.5 13.6 9.1 - - -
Peer Group Composite 20.4 1.8 -7.8 27.4 3.3 9.0 1.3 - - -
Over / Under -2.0 9.2 -9.3 -13.4 7.2 4.6 7.8 - - -
Performance vs peer group composite: Zak Smerczak
How a manager matches up against their peers gives you some idea of how talented they are. Very few managers perform equally well in rising and falling markets, so knowing which type of market a manager is capable of performing well within is also important.
 
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out of a possible 7
 
Overall markets
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Underperformed peer group composite
3 years
out of a possible 7
 
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Funds currently managed
Fund Sole/Co-managed Sector Periods
Comgest Growth Global Co-managed FO Equity - International since Jun 30 2017 to present
Comgest Growth Global Plus Co-managed FO Equity - Ethical since Jun 29 2023 to present
Comgest Growth Global Developed Markets Co-managed FO Equity - International since Dec 04 2023 to present
Funds managed previously
Fund Periods
No previously managed funds
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