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STANLIB crowned SA's top investment manger

31 January 2008 Stanlib

The investment industry last night (January, 31) crowned the country’s top unit trust wealth creator – STANLIB, the Johannesburg-based asset managers with R77.5 billion unit trusts in assets under management.

At a gala awards dinner in Cape Town, the Raging Bull award for the nation’s best domestic unit trust management company was handed to STANLIB chief executive officer, George Brits and Chief Investment Officer, Patrick Mamathuba. The Raging Bulls are the ‘Oscars’ of the asset management sector.

Industry leadership was underlined by additional Raging Bull awards in nine different investment categories.

Brits took the helm at STANLIB two years ago and pioneered a new ‘franchise’ fund management model that seeks best-of-breed solutions within specific focus areas from accountable investment professionals who add individual value by high conviction decision-making.

Brits commented: “STANLIB has reinvented itself as an asset manager dedicated to enhancing value across the board rather than in pockets of excellence”.

“These awards serve as independent, industry-wide confirmation of the value added by accountable teams with dedicated focus on superior performance”.

“The big winners, however, are our clients. We thank them for their support. We will continue to do all we can to justify their faith in us at a time when absolute professionalism has never been more vital.”

The scope of the transformation was showcased by category awards in areas as diverse as growth and value fund investing, pure equity structures and asset allocation hybrids, domestic fixed interest and offshore funds.

Consistent long-term performance was also underlined, with the STANLIB Income Fund taking Raging Bull honours in its specialisation for the eighth consecutive year.

Kim Zietsman, head of STANLIB’s single-manager unit trusts, noted: “These awards come hard on the heels of statistics indicating that STANLIB today enjoys the lion’s share of inflows into the unit trust industry.

“We have been building capacity for five years, systematically widening the strength of our product offering. We well appreciate that consistency is the acid test and believe that this is an important message to communicate to investors in a more changeable investment climate.”

“Commit to the long haul and stay with proven winners.”

In addition to taking honours as the country’s best domestic unit trust management company of 2007, STANLIB won awards for …

Best Domestic Equity Smaller Companies Fund: the STANLIB Small Cap Fund (fund manager Lance Krowitz);

Best Domestic Equity Value Fund: the STANLIB Value Fund (Hlelo Giyose);

Best Domestic Equity Growth Fund: The STANLIB Growth Fund (Richard Middleton);

Best Domestic Asset Allocation Prudential Fund: the STANLIB Stability Fund (Thobelani Maphumulo);

Raging Bull: Best Domestic Fixed Interest Fund: the STANLIB Income Fund (Henk Viljoen & Victor Mphaphuli);

Best Domestic Fixed Interest Income Fund: the STANLIB Income Fund (Henk Viljoen & Victor Mphaphuli);

Best Foreign Fixed Interest Bond Fund: The STANLIB US Dollar Bond Fund of Funds (Paul Hansen);

Best Foreign Asset Allocation Flexible Fund: the STANLIB International Aggressive Fund of Funds (Kent Grobbelaar);

Best Foreign Equity General Fund on a Risk-Adjusted Basis: the STANLIB European Fund of Funds (Paul Hansen).

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