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ECONOMICS & MARKETS

Navigating through fundamental shifts in the financial markets during the pandemic
In this webinar, STANLIB’s Senior Portfolio Manager in the Balanced and Equity team, Henk Viljoen, explores how balanced funds can provide both relevance and resilience in this economic climate.

Budget 2021: Setting the economy on the road to recovery
In this article, STANLIB’s Chief Economist Kevin Lings and Head of Fixed Income Victor Mphaphuli discuss the positives, negatives and outcomes in SA’s Budget for the year ahead.

The Structure of Market Drawdowns: Part II
The structure of market drawdowns is an interesting concept to inform
investment decisions. This is particularly relevant as we continue to grapple with the ongoing temporary slowdowns in economic activity worldwide and protracted market uncertainty.

Green shoots for South Africa’s growth
The South African economy has gone through a difficult time in the last couple of years. It has experienced rising unemployment, persistently low economic growth, rampant corruption, a systematically weakening fiscal position, and a clear lack of policy direction.
Investing perspectives

STANLIB Namibia: What could fuel further market recovery in 2021?
In this webinar STANLIB’s Head of Multi Strategy, Marius Oberholzer, and Senior Portfolio Manager, Sylvester Kobo, help make sense of current markets.

Index Investments: Can value relive its glory days?
In this live-recorded webinar, STANLIB Index Investment’s Chief Operating Officer, Wehmeyer Ferreira and Portfolio Manager, Ann Sebastian, unpack the short and long term drivers behind this investment style.

The relevance of equity in a balanced fund
The asset allocation decision within a balanced fund, largely based on the well-known and not always appreciated, concept of understanding the relationship between risk and reward

Investing for the long term
If you’re investing for the long term, remember to keep your long term in focus.
Offshore assets

From the Dark Days of Spring… to the Brighter Days of Winter
When we look back on 2020’s headline market return in years
to come, it will tell us very little about this extraordinary year.

Has COVID-19 amplified offshore property growth trends? [Webinar]
In this live-recorded webinar, Our Listed Property team provide insightful views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on worldwide property sub-sectors already set for growth.

Investing in offshore equity through the lens of a multi-manager
In this webinar, Kent Grobbelaar and Renate Potgieter from STANLIB Multi-Manager explore the offshore equities investment choice through the lens of a multi-manager.

Has COVID-19 amplified offshore property growth trends
Global property is the largest asset class in the world. Savill s agency estimates that investable residential and commercial property assets had a combined value of approximately US$200 trillion by the end of 2019.
Local assets

Fundamentals of value remain elusive
Value has underperformed growth for many years post the GFC. The recent COVID-19 recovery has fuelled a rotation into value from growth and has sparked investor debate.

Fixed Income: An update from our portfolio managers
In this webinar, STANLIB’s Head of Fixed Income, Victor Mphaphuli and Senior Portfolio Manager, Sylvester Kobo, share insights on markets and fixed income assets in 2021 and what they expect from the year ahead.

Balanced fund investing: Finding return opportunities in a new normal world
Looking forward, the flexibility of a balanced fund means managers can take advantage of the opportunities presented by the constantly changing macro-economic environment.

The resilience of balanced funds in volatile times [PODCAST]
In this podcast, Herman van Velze, Head of STANLIB Equity and Balanced, expands on the outlook for various asset classes, with focus on the resilience of balanced funds.
Webinars

STANLIB Namibia: What could fuel further market recovery in 2021?
In this webinar STANLIB’s Head of Multi Strategy, Marius Oberholzer, and Senior Portfolio Manager, Sylvester Kobo, help make sense of current markets.

Index Investments: Can value relive its glory days?
In this live-recorded webinar, STANLIB Index Investment’s Chief Operating Officer, Wehmeyer Ferreira and Portfolio Manager, Ann Sebastian, unpack the short and long term drivers behind this investment style.

Fixed Income: An update from our portfolio managers
In this webinar, STANLIB’s Head of Fixed Income, Victor Mphaphuli and Senior Portfolio Manager, Sylvester Kobo, share insights on markets and fixed income assets in 2021 and what they expect from the year ahead.

Navigating through fundamental shifts in the financial markets during the pandemic
In this webinar, STANLIB’s Senior Portfolio Manager in the Balanced and Equity team, Henk Viljoen, explores how balanced funds can provide both relevance and resilience in this economic climate.
Learning

Investing in Fixed Income
Considered a less risky alternative to owning shares, investors are attracted by the opportunity to earn relatively stable returns, collect a regular and certain income while aiming to beat inflation.
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Our standpoint
We are now firmly into 2021, which started with another series of lockdowns worldwide, again causing a slowdown in economic activity. However, significant events have occurred that are likely to shift global economies and investment markets in a positive direction.
In this year’s first edition of STANDPOINT we focus on the changing landscape of the investment environment. With seismic shifts arising from government policies, changes in consumer behaviour, business models and routes to market it’s now even more important to look forward with a fresh lens.