Post on 19-Oct-2020
INVEST IMPACT GROW
The importance of a diversified toolkit in growing your retirement savings
Omri Thomas | Abax Investments
7 February 2020
• Founded in 2003
• Focused on delivering outstanding investment
performance for clients
• Investment led and wholesale-only
• Majority owned by staff
• Team of 17 investment professionals with 15 years
average experience
Our businessManager profile
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Multi-asset and fixed income Portfolio managers
Omri Thomas
Rashaad Tayob
Matthew de Wet
Philip Liebenberg
Investment philosophyForm follows function
Harnesses Abax’s full skillsetAsset allocation, stock selection, income selection and hedging
Build diversified portfolios
to be robust in a range of market outcomes
Downside protection
stock selection, asset allocation & hedging
Invest when risk vs. reward favourable
across the capital structure
Fundamentally value range of assets
top-down and bottom-up analysis
Multi-asset toolkit
A diversified approach to achieve long-term growth
Utilise widest toolkit
• Active asset allocation
• Security selection
• Hedging strategies
• Hybrids
• Duration and yield
• Currency
• Diversification and portfolio construction
Toolkit Protect and grow
Utilise widest toolkit
• Active asset allocation
• Security selection
• Hedging strategies
• Hybrids
• Duration and yield
• Currency
• Diversification and portfolio construction
Toolkit Protect and grow
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SA equity valuationsOne standard deviation cheap
Source: Abax, Statpro, Bloomberg, Morningstar
3 Year IRR
Top down
=
17 - 20% p.a.
Bottom-up
=
15 - 17% p.a.
Utilise widest toolkit
• Active asset allocation
• Security selection
• Hedging strategies
• Hybrids
• Duration and yield
• Currency
• Diversification and portfolio construction
Toolkit Protect and grow
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Security selection Track record
Source: Abax, Statpro, Bloomberg, Morningstar. As at 31 December 2019
Mandate Inception Measurement indexCAGR
(gross, pa)
vs. Index
(gross, pa)
vs. Peers
(net, pa)
Equity Oct 04 Capped SWIX TR 15.5% +1.9% +2.5%
Small/Mid Cap Equity Jul 04 Small/Mid Cap Index TR 17.0% +0.9% +3.1%
Global Equity Jan 13 MSCI ACWI TR 12.0% +2.2% +3.0%
Utilise widest toolkit
• Active asset allocation
• Security selection
• Hedging strategies
• Hybrids
• Duration and yield
• Currency
• Diversification and portfolio construction
ToolkitProtect and grow
We make active use of hedges to:
Typically we would implement a short fence strategy:
• Buy a certain range of protection, normally 8-12%
• Give away the upside above a certain level
Deeper hedges on large positions
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HedgingStrategies
Protect the fund
against falling
prices
Create
asymmetric
pay-offs
Reduce the
volatility/risk to
the fund
Hold winning
positions for
longer
Utilise widest toolkit
• Active asset allocation
• Security selection
• Hedging strategies
• Hybrids
• Duration and yield
• Currency
• Diversification and portfolio construction
Toolkit Protect and grow
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HybridsConvertible bonds
Source: Abax, Statpro, Bloomberg, Morningstar
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HybridsEurostoxx notes
Source: Abax, Statpro, Bloomberg, Morningstar
Historic
al odds
Bear
odds
1 year 58% 55%
2 years 12% 10%
3 years 8% 5%
4 years 2% 0%
5 years 3% 0%
50% haircut 0% 10%
Cash back 8% 20%
Expected return 20% 13%
Utilise widest toolkit
• Active asset allocation
• Security selection
• Hedging strategies
• Hybrids
• Duration and yield
• Currency
• Diversification and portfolio construction
Toolkit Protect and grow
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Interesting opportunities High yielders
Source: Abax, Statpro, Bloomberg, Morningstar
Total Duration
High Yield
Bucket
Total = 11%
High Yielders
PSG Prefs
(10% ZAR Yield)
Bank sub debt
(11% ZAR YTM)
Zambezi Prefs
(11% YTM)
Utilise widest toolkit
• Active asset allocation
• Security selection
• Hedging strategies
• Hybrids
• Duration and yield
• Currency
• Diversification and portfolio construction
Toolkit Protect and grow
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CurrencyA separate asset class
Source: Abax, Statpro, Bloomberg, Morningstar
Utilise widest toolkit
• Active asset allocation
• Security selection
• Hedging strategies
• Hybrids
• Duration and yield
• Currency
• Diversification and portfolio construction
Toolkit Protect and grow
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Abax InvestmentsValuations as at end December 2019
Source: Abax Investments
Cheap
• SA Equity
• EM Equity
• SA Hybrids
• Protection (Vol)
Fair• DM (ex US) Equity
• SA Bonds
• SA Linkers
• SA Property
• ZAR
Expensive
• US Equity
• DM Bonds
• DM Credit
• DM Cash
• Commodities
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Amplify SCI* Flexible EquityCurrent asset allocation
Source: Abax Investments
Exposure % %
Physical Equity Exposure 46%
Index Future Exposure 0%
Index Option Exposure -2%
Equity Option Exposure 4%
Net Effective Exposure (Local) 48%
Offshore Equity 12%
Property 6%
High Yielders 10%
Converts 4%
Net Exposure 'risk assets' 80%
Amplify SCI* Flexible Equity Fund
*Sanlam Collective Investments
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AimAsymmetric mind-set providing capital growth over the medium to long term, looking to deliver equity-like returns at lower risk levels
RiskAn aggressive solution with potential capital volatility over the short term but less volatile than a pure equity fund
AssetsLarge exposure to equity instruments and will look to diversify across the capital structure, using strategic hedging for protection |
Maximum 100% equity | Maximum 30% offshore
ReturnPeer-group benchmark with two-thirds upside; one-third downside of ALSI
ASISASouth African Multi-Asset Flexible
Amplify SCI* Flexible Equity Solution profile
*Sanlam Collective Investments
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Amplify SCI* Flexible Equity FundManaged by Abax Investments
Competitor selection based on the Glacier Shopping List for 2019Q3 Source: Abax Investments & Morningstar Direct as at end December 2019
2/3rd upside capture of FTSE/JSE
As at end December 2019
Annualised
return (%)
1 Year
Amplify SCI Flexible Equity B4 15.54
Fund A 7.29
Fund B -1.55
FTSE/JSE All Share 12.05
(ASISA) SA MA Flexible Equity 7.95
1/3rd downside capture of FTSE/JSE
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