'It's been frantic – in a good way': Orbis' Matt Spencer on maintaining momentum

Advisers in the UK are ‘exceptionally high quality’

Jenna Brown
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Jenna Brown talks to Orbis Investments head of UK retail Matt Spencer about the firm’s ‘frantic’ period of growth, plans for 2026 and what it truly means to be a contrarian investor…

Things are frantic at Orbis Investments. "But it's all in a good way", explains head of UK retail Matt Spencer. He took over from Marcel Bradshaw in 2024 with the mission of making a difference in the adviser space. Assets under management (AUM) were sitting at a few million pounds, Spencer says, and since then, "growth has just been crazy". Orbis now boasts about £2.5bn in AUM. Spencer tells PA: "The entire business, especially with the smaller advisers, has just taken off. "But we've taken some time to reflect over the last few months and just dug into the numbers to see what's w...

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