Vanessa Hofmeyr

STANLIB Asset Management Ltd. (SAM) is the multi-specialist investment subsidiary of STANLIB Ltd., ultimately held by Standard Bank Group Ltd. (JSE: SBK; ADR: SGBLY) in South Africa. The firm was created in 2002 by the merger of Liberty Asset Management and Standard Corporate and Merchant Bank Asset Management. In 2007 the Liberty Life Group acquired 100% of the ordinary shares of STANLIB Ltd. Headquartered in Johannesburg, SAM offers their clients both pooled and segregated investment solutions across a broad choice of traditional and alternative asset classes.

RWC Partners Ltd. provides investment advisory services. Its activities portfolio include convertible bonds, European equity, Japan active engagement, equity income, emerging and frontier market equity, and global horizon equity. The company was founded by Chris Simon Maude, John Hugh Innes, and Mark Robert Hadsley-Chaplin in 2000 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Absa Asset Management (Pty) Ltd. (Investment Management) (Absa-IM) is the investment management division of Absa Asset Management (Pty) Ltd., which is owned by Sanlam Ltd. (JSE: SLM) in South Africa. The firm was founded in 1997 as Abvest Associates Pty Ltd. Headquartered in Johannesburg, Absa-IM manages institutional assets on behalf of pension funds, provident funds, medical aid, collective investment schemes and trusts.

Cannon Asset Managers Pty Ltd. is an asset management and holding firm headquartered in Sandton, South Africa. The firm was founded by Adrian D. Saville in 1998. They provide bespoke investment solutions for corporate and private clients and low-cost investment bundles for first-time investors of all ages and income groups. Cannon Asset Managers is a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

Ernst & Young provides accounting services. The company is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

BlueAlpha Investment Management (Pty) Ltd. (BlueAlpha) is an independent boutique-sized asset management firm headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm was founded by Uys Meyer in 2003 as BlueBay Fund Managers. BlueAlpha specializes in South African and global equity investments, catering to both institutional and individual investors.

Optis Capital (Pty) Ltd. is the hedge fund management subsidiary of EFS Investment Solutions (Pty) Ltd., ultimately held by PSG Group Ltd. (JSE: PSG) in South Africa. The firm was founded by Heiko van Wyngaarden in 2002 and was formerly known as Oryx Investment Management (Pty) Ltd. Headquartered in Welgemoed, Optis Capital serves as the investment advisor to the Optis Global Opportunities Fund, a long-short Global equity hedge fund domiciled in the British Virgin Island.

Cadiz Asset Management (Pty) Ltd. (Cadiz) is an investment management firm headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm was founded in 1996 as Cadiz African Harvest Asset Management (Pty) Ltd. They are owned by Warwick Private Clients (Pty) Ltd. Cadiz manages assets for both individual and institutional clients.

Huysamer Capital Investments (Pty) Ltd. is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. The firm provides asset management services to individual and institutional clients.

Afena Capital Pty Ltd. is a specialist investment management firm headquartered in Claremont, South Africa. The firm was founded in 2005 and was acquired by ALUWANI Capital Partners (Pty) Ltd. in 2005. Afena Capital offers a suite of investment products that can be blended into any client’s investment strategy to suit a specific objective and risk profile.

Argon Asset Management (Pty) Ltd. (Argon) is a privately-held investment management firm headquartered in Newlands, South Africa. Founded in 2005, Argon provides investment management services for retail and institutional investors.

Momentum Asset Management Pty Ltd. (MAM) is an asset management firm headquartered in Centurion, South Africa. The firm was founded in 2011 and is a subsidiary of MMI Group Ltd., which is owned by Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Ltd. (JSE: MTM). MAM provides investment solutions to individual and institutional clients.

Citadel Holdings Pty Ltd. provides investment advice services. The company is headquartered in Pretoria, South Africa.

Merchant West Investments (Pty) Ltd. is a boutique asset management company founded in 2012, based in Cape Town, ZA. The South African company has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and South Africa. Merchant West Investments is a multi-strategy asset management business that places the highest priority on the stewardship of clients' assets. The private company offers a range of investment strategies, including the Value Fund and the SCI Property Income Fund, which provide long-term capital growth and high income returns, respectively. The company's controlling shareholder is Merchant West Holdings (Pty) Ltd, one of the largest and most successful independent financial services businesses in South Africa. Paul Stewart has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Ninety One North America, Inc. (Ninety One NA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2013 as Investec Asset Management North America, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Ninety One International Ltd., ultimately owned by Ninety One Plc (LON: N91) in Great Britain. Ninety One NA provides investment advisory services to institutions, such as pension plans, state and municipal government entities, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies, as well as private investment funds.

Denker Capital (Pty) Ltd. (Denker Capital) is an independent South African asset management firm which was established in 2015 when Sanlam Investments boutiques SIM Unconstrained Capital Partners and SIM Global merged. Denker Capital is based in Cape Town and specializes in local and offshore investments.

Excelsia Capital Pty Ltd. (Excelsia) is an independent owner-managed investment management firm headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. The firm was founded by Rajay Ambekar in 2016. Excelsia’s initial strategies are focused on Core (benchmark cognizant) and Aggressive (non-benchmark cognizant) equity mandates for institutional clients and individual investors. These portfolios are actively invested in listed equities and mandates and can be accommodated on a segregated basis, through a pooled structure or via their unit trust.

Equilibrium Investment Management Pty Ltd. (Equilibrium) is the discretionary fund management subsidiary of Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Ltd. (JSE: MTM) in South Africa. The firm was formerly known as Momentum Investment Consulting Pty Ltd. and rebranded as Equilibrium in 2022. Headquartered in Centurion, Equilibrium provides advisers and their end-clients with tailored outcomes-based investment solutions.

Ninety One UK Ltd. is an asset management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Ninety One UK Holdings Ltd. Ninety One UK provides discretionary investment management services to public and private pension plans, other institutional investors and domestic pooled investment vehicles. They also manage separate accounts for institutional investors.

Babble Digital, Inc. is a Canadian company that specializes in providing some of the best jigsaw puzzles in the world. The company is based in Toronto, Canada and was founded in 2020 by Deborah Corner, Jo-Anne Bergeron, Brenton Douglas, and Wynand van Niekerk. The company offers shipping services to Canada and the USA, with free shipping available for orders over $75 in Canada. The Puzzle Nerds, as they call themselves, are a group of four friends who have always been into puzzles, board games, and gaming. The company found puzzling to be especially comforting during the challenging year that was 2020.