asset managers Archives

22 Jun 2021

Formula 1 and asset management: Where human and machine make the dream team

By Staff Writer

When I was a little girl, my brother and I were fascinated with Formula 1 on local TV. Our young and inquisitive minds were fascinated by the fast noisy cars, pit crews, superstar drivers, sponsors and our incomplete understanding of all the complicated racing stats.

13 Apr 2021

Taquanta acquires entire issued share capital of Ngwedi Investment Managers

By Staff Writer

Taquanta Investment Holdings has acquired 100% of NIM’s issued share capital from Ngwedi Capital Holdings (NCH). Under the terms of the transaction, NIM will be merged into Taquanta Asset Managers (TAM), bringing together two formidable investment teams which will ultimately give rise to an even more transformed, scalable, dynamic, and sustainable business.

02 Feb 2021

Raging Bull Awards 2021 - all the winners!

By Staff Writer

The Raging Bull Awards 2021 took place this evening. Up for grabs were 30 certificates for the best funds in their categories and eight Raging Bull trophies for the top-performing funds for performance to the end of 2020, with the highlights being the Offshore Manager of the Year and the South African Manager of the Year awards.

02 Feb 2021

Ninety One wins Manager of the Year at the Raging Bull Awards 2021

By Staff Writer

Ninety One has won the coveted Raging Bull Award for the South African Manager of the Year for the overall performance of its unit trust funds to the end of 2020. This is a big honour for the well-established asset management company with the relatively new name. Under its old name, Investec Asset Management, it was runner-up in last year’s Raging Bull Awards.

03 Apr 2020

What is your asset manager doing during the COVID-19 outbreak?

By Janice Roberts

As stock markets rumble in the face of COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus, what are the people behind your unit trusts and other investments - the asset managers - doing to safeguard your investments?

24 Jan 2019

How companies can prepare for the AI revolution

By Janice Roberts

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises social and economic change on a par with the industrial revolution. However, this profound change will be squeezed into a single generation, rather than the several generations over which society was able to adapt to the impacts of the first industrial revolution.

11 Apr 2018

Morningstar Rating Analysis of South African Asset Managers

By Janice Roberts

The Morningstar South African Rating Analysis of unit trusts is designed to compare managed fund ranges across South African asset managers by aggregating their Morningstar Ratings. The research format is calculated on a quarterly basis. It provides a quantitative assessment of the risk-adjusted return of all South African domiciled unit trusts carrying a Morningstar Rating....

14 Aug 2017

Black asset managers in South Africa grow in number but not in size

By Janice Roberts

Black asset managers have grown to 45 in number, managing R416 billion of the South African savings and investments industry out of a total pool of R4.6 trillion currently managed by the private sector. This is revealed in the ninth annual BEE.conomics survey, published by 27four Investment Managers, which is due for release on 5...

10 Oct 2016

What makes a successful asset manager?

By Janice Roberts

Being successful in today’s ultra-competitive asset management environment is not about being a star manager over the short term. These days, what separates the good from the average manager is the use of sound principles that focus on the investment process over the long term, rather than the outcome. This is according to Peter Linley,...