{{Short description|Canadian businessman (1938–2011)}} <!-- Please leave this line alone! --> {{Infobox economist | name = Francis Peter Cundill | school_tradition = | color = | image = | image_size = 150px | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|10|}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|01|24|1938|10|1}} | death_place = London | institution = | field = Finance<br />Investment | alma_mater = McGill University (1960) | influences = | contributions = ''There’s Always Something To Do'' (2011) | notes = Biography: ''Routines and Orgies: The Life of Peter Cundill'' (15/11/2014) | awards = | signature = <!-- file name only --> | repec_prefix = | repec_id = }} '''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,<ref name=obit>[https://www.mcgill.ca/cundillprize/peter-cundill About F. Peter Cundill – In Memoriam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002223322/http://www.mcgill.ca/cundillprize/peter-cundill |date=2014-10-02 }}, reviewed Feb. 2, 2012</ref> 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),<ref name=ivey>[http://www.bengrahaminvesting.ca/About_Us/advisory_board_former.htm Former Advisory Board Members], reviewed Feb. 2, 2012</ref> which lead to a career in the investment management business. Cundill worked at Greenshields Inc. in Montreal and the Yorkshire Group in Vancouver<ref>[http://www.investmentexecutive.com/-/news-56665 People – Global value investor Peter Cundill dies – Article – investmentexecutive.com], reviewed Feb. 2, 2012, reviewed Feb. 2, 2012</ref> In 2006 Cundill was diagnosed with Fragile X Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome,<ref name=obit /> an as yet untreatable neurological condition. Cundill died on January 24, 2011, in London.<ref name=obit />
==Investment career== * 1974, Cundill started Peter Cundill & Associates Ltd. and Cundill Value Fund was founded.<ref>[http://www.mackenziefinancial.com/en/pub/media_centre/news/search_details.jsp?file=/mf/english/MFCNews/PublicAdvisor/mfcnews_e_cs_20110128_peter_cundill MACKENZIE NEWS – Peter Cundill, 1938–2011], reviewed Feb. 2, 2012</ref> * 1998, Mackenzie Investments acquired Cundill Funds Inc.<ref name=sold>[http://www.morningstar.ca/globalhome/industry/news.asp?articleid=ArticleID811200610421 Morningstar: Mackenzie investors are among the winners as Peter Cundill cashes in | Fund Watch], reviewed Feb. 2, 2012</ref> * 2006, Cundill sold the remaining 5% of his firm to Mackenzie.<ref name=sold /> * 2009, Cundill retired from daily operational fund management, becoming Chairman Emeritus of Mackenzie Cundill.<ref>[http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/524317/peter-cundill-to-become-chairman-emeritus-with-mackenzie-cundill MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | Peter Cundill to become Chairman Emeritus with Mackenzie Cundill], reviewed Feb. 2, 2012</ref>
==Recognition== * In 2001, Cundill was presented the Canadian Investment Awards Analysts' Choice Career Achievement award<ref>[http://www.investmentawards.com/awards/winners/2001 2001 | Morningstar Canadian Investment Awards], reviewed Feb. 2, 2012</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.investmentawards.com/sites/default/files/PDFs/News_Centre/Cundill_online-reprint.pdf Cundill named fund manager of the year], reviewed Feb. 2, 2012</ref> * In 2004, Cundill was honoured with a fellowship by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia (ICABC).<ref>[http://www.ica.bc.ca/kb.php3?pageid=2497 ICABC: Chartered Accountants Honoured with Fellowships], reviewed on Feb. 2, 2012</ref> * 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".<ref>[https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=100163 McGill newsroom: Largest literary prize in history makes history], reviewed Feb. 2, 2012</ref> * Cundill was an Advisory Board Member for the Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing at the Ivey School of Business.<ref name=ivey />
==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 == {{Reflist|2}}
== External links == * [http://www.bengrahaminvesting.ca/Resources/Video_Presentations/Guest_Speakers/2005/Cundill_2005.htm Ivey Business School video, March 28, 2005] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141002223322/http://www.mcgill.ca/cundillprize/peter-cundill Peter Cundill – In Memoriam] * [http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2011/02/9843/ F. Peter Cundill 1938–2011 : McGill Reporter] * [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/remembering-peter-cundill/article1885071/ An interview with Peter Cundill – The Globe and Mail]
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