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Francis Peter Cundill (October 1938 – January 24, 2011) was a Canadian value investor. He was most noted for his flagship investment fund, Cundill Value Fund. Cundill was a follower of the Benjamin Graham investment style.

Biography

Peter Cundill was born in Montreal, Quebec in October 1938, and was educated at Lower Canada College. He completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University in 1960. He then qualified as a Chartered Accountant (1963) and a Chartered Financial Analyst Charter Holder (1968), which lead to a career in the investment management business. Cundill worked at Greenshields Inc. in Montreal and the Yorkshire Group in Vancouver In 2006 Cundill was diagnosed with Fragile X Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome, an as yet untreatable neurological condition. Cundill died on January 24, 2011, in London.

Investment career

• 1974, Cundill started Peter Cundill & Associates Ltd. and Cundill Value Fund was founded.
• 1998, Mackenzie Investments acquired Cundill Funds Inc.
• 2006, Cundill sold the remaining 5% of his firm to Mackenzie.
• 2009, Cundill retired from daily operational fund management, becoming Chairman Emeritus of Mackenzie Cundill.

Recognition

• In 2001, Cundill was presented the Canadian Investment Awards Analysts' Choice Career Achievement award in recognition of proven superior performance and his lifetime contribution to the financial community.
• In 2003, Cundill was presented the Fund Manager of the Year award.
• In 2004, Cundill was honoured with a fellowship by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia (ICABC).
• In 2008, Cundill established the Cundill International Prize in History at McGill, which is "awarded annually to an author who has published a book determined to have a profound literary, social and academic impact on the subject".
• Cundill was an Advisory Board Member for the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing at the Ivey School of Business.

Selected publications

• There's Always Something to Do: The Peter Cundill Investment Approach, Christopher Risso-Gill, ISBN 978-0-7735-3863-4
• Routines and Orgies: The Life of Peter Cundill, Financial Genius, Philosopher, and Philanthropist, Christopher Risso-Gill, Publishing Date November 2014, ISBN 9780773544727

References

1. ^ About F. Peter Cundill – In Memoriam Archived 2014-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, reviewed Feb. 2, 2012
2. ^ Former Advisory Board Members, reviewed Feb. 2, 2012
3. People – Global value investor Peter Cundill dies – Article – investmentexecutive.com, reviewed Feb. 2, 2012, reviewed Feb. 2, 2012
4. MACKENZIE NEWS – Peter Cundill, 1938–2011, reviewed Feb. 2, 2012
5. ^ Morningstar: Mackenzie investors are among the winners as Peter Cundill cashes in | Fund Watch, reviewed Feb. 2, 2012
6. MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | Peter Cundill to become Chairman Emeritus with Mackenzie Cundill, reviewed Feb. 2, 2012
7. 2001 | Morningstar Canadian Investment Awards, reviewed Feb. 2, 2012
8. Cundill named fund manager of the year, reviewed Feb. 2, 2012
9. ICABC: Chartered Accountants Honoured with Fellowships, reviewed on Feb. 2, 2012
10. McGill newsroom: Largest literary prize in history makes history, reviewed Feb. 2, 2012

External links

• Ivey Business School video, March 28, 2005
• Peter Cundill – In Memoriam
• F. Peter Cundill 1938–2011 : McGill Reporter
• An interview with Peter Cundill – The Globe and Mail

• 1938 births
• 2011 deaths
• Canadian investors
• McGill University Faculty of Management alumni
• Businesspeople from Montreal
• CFA charterholders