Sanlam Intelligence – Institutional Financial News
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16 May 2019anemptytextllineThe holy grail of investing is the discovery that, with 15 to 20 good, uncorrelated return streams, you can dramatically reduce risks without reducing expected returns. Guy Fletcher discusses the many ways in which a diversified portfolio can be achieved. -
3 Apr 2019anemptytextllineA fundamental movement in index tracking has been fund managers building their own indices, commonly known as self-indexing. Factor investing specialists such as WisdomTree were among the first to take this route. Clearly, there are advantages and disadvantages to self-indexing, says Jason Swartz from Satrix.
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28 Mar 2019anemptytextllineMusic royalties can be a lucrative investment, diversifying away from other Alternative Investments. Mike Pinggera discusses how the Sanlam Real Assets Fund makes money from buying music rights.
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15 Aug 2018anemptytextllineThe opportunity set that exists in Africa presents investors with a sufficiently broad universe to bring positive, risk-adjusted benefits to institutional portfolios says Todd Micklethwaite, a member of the Client Solutions and Research team at Sanlam Investments.
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18 Jul 2018anemptytextllineThe Batseta Council of Retirement Funds of South Africa hosts conferences that address the concerns of retirement fund members and offer consolidated advice to trustees and principal officers.
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16 Jul 2018anemptytextllineThe grass isn’t always greener on the other side, and investment decisions are tough to make throughout the world’s economies.
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13 Jun 2018anemptytextllineInvestment managers, asset consultants and retirement fund trustees are faced with a hard fact: traditional asset classes are no longer yielding attractive or even real returns in this low return environment.
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16 May 2018anemptytextllineAllocation to alternative asset classes such as private equity, infrastructure, real estate and unlisted credit seems to be gaining ever more traction globally.
