Our extensive network in Africa places us in a unique position to source confidential data which is not available at generic data providers. This gives us a distinct advantage when making investment management decisions.

Overview

We have implemented a custom designed system with a dedicated risk systems specialist. Our system is a proprietary-developed risk management and oversight application. The back-end system is developed based on industry leading SQL, and our front-end application is modular based from the Microsoft suite of products.

Reporting

We have designed custom views from which we can analyse our exposures.
Our reporting covers many categories, including:

  • Performance tracking and attribution (TMB)
  • Diversification analysis (vintage, geography, sector, ratings, control status)
  • Calculation of risk-return metrics (value bridges, Internal Rate of Return and - Portfolio financial metrics analysis)
  • Instrument screening and holdings history
  • Top-level aggregation of underlying fund positions (across multiple categories)
  • Exposure analysis and history.

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ESG Management System

We have integrated an ESG Management System into our bespoke Risk Operating System. This allows us to adopt a methodological approach to manage environmental & social risks and impacts in a structured way on an ongoing basis. It also allows us to track specific ESG metrics and perform investment analysis from and ESG perspective.