The Ledger

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Jain: Vontobel bet heavily on South Korea in 2002 at 5x earnings
“We ended up making a big bet on South Korea because there was so many of these companies selling five times earnings.”
Rajiv Jain Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 14:45 Contrarian Quality at GQG Partners – Rajiv Jain (EP.505)
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Jain: Vontobel's AUM dropped from $1.5B to $250M after dot-com crash
“There were these kind of bets, but the business went down from a 1,000,000,001, billion and a half to almost 253 hundred million dollars.”
Rajiv Jain Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 15:01 Contrarian Quality at GQG Partners – Rajiv Jain (EP.505)
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Jain: GQG cut tech exposure in 2021 and re-entered in 2023
“We exited twenty-twenty-one extremely underweight technology. Our view is that industry was overrunning, if you look at semiconductor, et cetera. That turned out to be the right call. We re-entered as we saw the impact of ChatGPT in early days. So in twenty-tw…”
Rajiv Jain Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 36:59 Contrarian Quality at GQG Partners – Rajiv Jain (EP.505)
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Jain: GQG holds 30 to 35 names with 50% in top 10
“There's a long tail, but if you look at the U.S. Book, it's typically around 30, 35 names. The top 10 would make up just about half of the book. That's true for global and others, too.”
Rajiv Jain Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 51:51 Contrarian Quality at GQG Partners – Rajiv Jain (EP.505)
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Jain: GQG asks employees in year-end reviews where they changed minds
“We try not to hire folks who are dogmatic. One thing is we like folks to say, oh, you know what, this went wrong, and I changed my mind. Year-end review , we always ask, okay, what are the areas where you change your mind?”
Rajiv Jain Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 1:07:43 Contrarian Quality at GQG Partners – Rajiv Jain (EP.505)
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