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Seeing the potential in Standard Bank

By Ghiete van Zyl on 01 Feb 2024

Reading time: 10 mins

On various metrics, the valuations of South African banks have not recovered to pre- COVID-19 levels , suggesting there is value to be found . O f the Big 4 ...

Insights categories - ESG

ESG commitments 2022-2025: Tracking our progress

By Raine Adams on 14 Jun 2023

Reading time: 10 mins

While we often speak about the value of engaging with the companies we invest in on behalf of our clients in private, we also recognise the need for public...

Insights categories - Local investing

Do South African banks offer value in a COVID-19 battered world?

By Tim Acker on 09 Jun 2020

Reading time: 6 mins

As South African banks re-evaluate their models to deal with the potential implications of the coronavirus pandemic and take proactive steps to minimise the...

Insights categories - Local investing

Is it 2002 all over again? Not quite

By Duncan Artus on 29 Jul 2019

Reading time: 6 mins

Domestically focused shares that are exposed to the local economy have underperformed the overall market. Duncan Artus investigates whether the current...

Insights categories - Markets and economy

Finding value in frontier African markets

By Nick Ndiritu on 29 Apr 2019

Reading time: 12 mins

Across corporate boardrooms in South Africa, a number of management teams and institutional investors are grappling with a vexing question: Is investing in...

Insights categories - Local investing

Keep calm and carry on investing

By Andrew Lapping on 17 Jan 2017

Reading time: 5 mins

The past 12 months seem to have passed particularly swiftly, maybe because fundamentally very little changed. Interestingly, the light in which investors vie...

Insights category - companies

South African Banks: Do valuations support the risks?

By Mark Dunley-Owen on 31 Mar 2016

Reading time: 9 mins

There has been much volatility in the banking sector over the last few months: Barclays is exiting Africa, Old Mutual may be selling its stake in Nedbank,...

Insights category - companies

Standard Bank: Has anything changed?

By Mark Dunley-Owen on 30 Sep 2013

Reading time: 7 mins

Standard Bank is a Top Five holding in the Allan Gray Equity and Balanced Funds. Mark Dunley-Owen discusses why we believe it is an attractive investment for...

Insights category - companies

Insurance: better than you think

By Duncan Artus and Leonard Krüger on 31 Mar 2012

Reading time: 7 mins

We have previously set out the reasons Sanlam has an above-benchmark position in our clients’ portfolios (see Quarterly Commentary 1, 2010). On a...

Insights category - companies

South African banks - Not just a bad debt story

By Jacques Plaut on 30 Sep 2009

Reading time: 7 mins

Record-high bad debts are currently weighing on the banking sector. Typically, an industry experiencing depressed profits due to cyclical factors is a good...

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