Accountable and experienced leadership

ABAM is led by a mature and highly experienced leadership team who possess a thorough knowledge of the asset management business and what it requires to flourish. We stand unquestioningly accountable for the decisions we make, the responsibility we hold and the standards and performance we have committed to meet. This includes agreed mandates and criteria, corporate governance, compliance and risk management.

Ownership

ABAM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Absa Group. In 2004, Absa Group concluded a broad-based black economic empowerment transaction with the Batho Bonke consortium, of which Mvelaphanda Group is one of the key shareholders.

Good business

ABAM is a profitable and well-capitalised business entrusted with over R90 billion of assets under management. Access to ABSA's extensive distribution network and to all the group legal entities including unit trusts, banking and a life office, facilitates the structuring of products and enhances our service offering to all our clients.

 

Our operating environment and business practice encourage professionalism and accountability at all levels. Company policies and procedures, including personal account dealing procedures, are set to the highest industry standard.

 

We nurture a culture of deep personal integrity, mutual respect, openness and teamwork, actively mentor and encourage debate. In this culture we grow independent and innovative thought and ensure we remain grounded and accountable. We invite each and every individual to live their worth, to walk the talk, and to hold with quiet confidence a well-tested conviction of view.

 

We value and apply our rich diversity of experience, philosophies and personalities to create extraordinary intellectual capital, deep competence and character.

 

To complement this, ABAM has developed a robust investment platform and process geared for extraordinary growth and consistently good performance.

 

A greater contribution

ABAM's earnings contribute to the very successful ABSA foundation that is widely recognised for its valuable contribution to the communities of South Africa. The foundation is funded by ABSA at a rate of 2% of declared dividends per annum. Since 1994 approximately R100 million has been invested in key projects and partnerships that are making significant strides in the areas of education, job creation and health in previously disadvantaged communities.

 

The Independent Corporate Care Check survey nominated ABSA as one of South Africa's top five "excellent corporate citizens."

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Our reason for being

We invest our clients money with an absolute sense of personal accountability, conscious of the fact that every investment decision we make affects the quality of someone's life. This responsibility inspires a passionate and shared purpose in all who are part of Absa Asset Management - to build a profitable and exemplary investment business, that delivers real and relevant returns to our clients, and contributes to the greater wealth and well-being of the communities of South Africa.

Absa Asset Management (Proprietary) Limited, ABAM, is a specialist institutional investment business and promises a careful, rigorous and accountable approach to investing.

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