How STANLIB’s long-term focused equity fund weathers short-term upheavals

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STANLIB’s Head of Systematic Solutions Rademeyer Vermaak describes Q1 as “wild”. It showed the impossibility of predicting what politicians will do – in both the US and SA. He explains what drove SA equity prices and how the managers of STANLIB Enhanced Multi Style Fund, which is a long-term fund, respond to short-term upheavals and neutralise risk. Rademeyer also spells out why the fund has taken overweight positions in Harmony Gold, Clicks and Capitec.

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23 Apr English South Africa Investing · Business News

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