Investments / Asset Management

STANLIB secures R2 billion acquisition finance facility to accelerate dealmaking

STANLIB Asset Management has seized a major competitive advantage in advancing its strategy to deploy capital raised into good-quality infrastructure investments. It has secured a R2 billion acquisition finance debt facility from Standard Bank of SA for the STANLIB Infrastructure Fund of Funds.

Schroders CIO Lens Q2 2023: Asset allocation views

This recession, do not be afraid

South Africa’s financial and wealth advisers and financial planners are being encouraged to replace their fears about current market uncertainty with optimism for long-term equity return prospects. One of South Africa’s largest asset managers argues that plenty of opportunities will present as today’s market distortions unwind. “The benefit of being in the market for a long time is that you experience periods of significant fear and pessimism and learn to identify the opportunities that such periods create,” said Shaun le Roux, portfolio manager at PSG Asset Management, who has managed the PSG Equity Fund for more than 20-years

It’s all about sustainability… I think?

The current obsession among global investors to invest in assets that meet some or other impact and sustainability measure is somewhat counterintuitive, because it makes no sense to sink your hard-earned cash into a business that is unsustainable and / or managed unsustainably.