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Sanlam Drops Stake In UK Financial Services Firm
Eliane Chavagnon
8 February 2013
Sanlam UK has
sold its 21.6 per cent stake in Punter Southall, the UK-based financial
services group, meaning the latter firm is now entirely owned by its principals
and staff. Co-founder
and chief executive, Jonathan Punter, said the circumstances that led to the
original joint involvement “have changed” and that the opportunities for the two
organisations to work together have “run their course”. Meanwhile, Sanlam has launched
a fund-of-funds under its Accel risk-rated investment range, which will sit in
the middle category of its risk spectrum designed for vehicles with a maximum
50 per cent exposure to equities, FT
Adviser reports. The fund-of-funds will be managed to “a
strict risk budget”, the report says, allowing advisors and clients to
understand how it might react to various market conditions. It targets a gross
yield of 5 per cent per annum; charges will be taken from capital to protect
the yield, while income from the fund will be paid quarterly.