Investments

State of the South African Exchange Traded Product (ETP) Industry – as at 30 September 2021

The competition to be the largest issuing company for ETPs in South Africa continued over the past quarter. Satrix Managers, who recently overtook Absa Capital (NewFunds, NewWave, NewGold) as the top issuing house, measured by assets under management (AUM), retained this position in the third quarter of 2021.

New Satrix ETF becomes first fund to track full JSE ALSI universe

African Infrastructure Investment Managers to increase access to clean energy with ZAR5.5bn fundraise for ideas fund

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), one of Africa’s largest infrastructure-focused private equity fund managers, has successfully completed a capital increase of ZAR5.5bn (c.USD370m) for its flagship SADC infrastructure fund, the IDEAS Managed Fund (IDEAS).

Repositioning for the reopening

One of the key investment themes of 2020 was the outperformance of stocks that benefited from the global lockdown and the social distancing and working-from-home trends that emerged - versus those aligned to the physical economy.