STANLIB
Investment Management Services Botswana Year of Establishment and Background STANLIB Investment Management Services Botswana was established in 2002 as a 50/50 joint venture between Stanbic Bank of Botswana (Stanbic) and STANLIB Asset Management Ltd (STANLIB), which are both subsidiaries of the Standard Bank Group of South Africa. STANLIB Asset Management was created in May 2002 through the merger of Liberty Asset Management (LIBAM) and Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank Asset Management: Liberty Asset Management was founded in 1969 and SCMB Asset Management in 1974. Individually these operations were among the top 10 asset managers in terms of assets under management and combining these assets resulted in STANLIB becoming the third largest asset manager in South Africa. In 2011, Stanbic Bank Botswana and STANLIB sold their respective 50% holdings in SIMS to Liberty Holdings, resulting in SIMS becoming 100% owned by the Liberty Holdings Group. A local holding company, Liberty Holdings Botswana (LHB), was then created initially owning 100% of SIMS. In that same year, 26% of LHB’s holding in SIMS was sold to local partners through an empowerment initiative aimed at fostering local participation and ownership in the business. STANLIB Botswana Ownership Structure SIMS began offering investment management services in 2002 when it was established, initially targeting the retail market through its unit trust offerings. The company started managing pension fund assets in 2005 following the launch of its balanced fund unit trust product, the STANLIB Botswana Managed Prudential Fund. STANLIB Franchise Model We recognise that our clients have diverse needs and that there is no ‘one size fits all’ investment solution. Consequently, we look at investments from a multitude of angles through many lenses. This gives us an in-depth understanding of an ever-changing investment landscape. To this extent, our investment model houses multiple focused philosophies which are able to cater for diverse client needs. Our Franchise Model reflects various asset classes and management styles such as the Balanced, Fixed Income, Listed Property, Direct Property, Research, Unconstrained Equity, Absolute Return, Beta Quants (passive and quantitative driven investments) and Pan-African (equity and fixed income) Franchises, headed by investment professionals who are focused on managing investments
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