RisCura UK
Where In The World Do You Find Safety And Growth?
To say it’s tough balancing performance and risk in developed markets would be quite an understatement. Developed markets are not only more crowded, they offer lower returns today than many people can remember. Add to that the promise of lacklustre economic performance in a climate offering little to celebrate for a long time to come, and the bleak outlook for UK institutional investors becomes clear.
RisCura’s investment solutions in African frontier markets help restore the balance, maximising returns and managing risk through proven methodologies in manager selection and research. It’s a tried and trusted approach, combining skilled, on-the-ground deployment across Africa that interfaces seamlessly with UK investment expertise in London, supporting even the most diversified international portfolios.
Africa Makes More Sense Today
Africa is more popular than ever as an investment destination. On average, African economies are growing two or three times faster than those of the developed world (see Investing in Africa in 2013). Growth across the continent is not based on traditional, non-sustainable, activities like mining, oil or gas. In fact most of Africa’s development is driven by fast expanding demand from increasingly wealthier consumers. Africa is starting to thrive and business has been quick to be of service. Such activity is creating a solid economic foundation, which, allied to a more stable political environment, makes Africa’s risk profile lower than it has ever been.
But Africa has a unique investment dynamic. Distinctions such as the challenges of stock liquidity, obtaining diversification through listed and private equity and slower communications channels make expert guidance essential if you are to navigate the investment landscape safely. That’s why RisCura’s Africa-focused investment teams have been created: to help UK trustees uncover more and better opportunities in even the remotest locations, safe in the knowledge you have covered your risk bases.
RisCura Leads The Way
Working with RisCura affords you access to a number of products and services to help optimise your investment strategy and execution across the widest range of African markets, including:
- The best advice and decision support on African securities, from a world leader in Africa investment strategy, assisting clients with over $200 billion in collective assets under management
- Specific investment recommendations, based on your unique objectives, formulated from a deep understanding of the African investment value chain
- Unrivalled private equity expertise and resources that balance risk and performance while addressing the challenges of African listed instruments
- Support for all aspects of African manager selection and portfolio construction from teams long-seasoned in the thinking and skills of managers and advisors
- Advanced proprietary systems that provide real-time transparency, objectivity and regularly updated insights into your African portfolio’s performance
- Effective mitigation for performance shortfalls in de-risking strategies, where even a small allocation of well-chosen African equities can help rebalance the most conservative of diversified portfolios
The Broadest Range Of African Investor Services
RisCura helps many of Africa’s largest institutional funds across every aspect of their investment requirements. UK pension schemes and other institutional investors can access RisCura’s range of services, from advice on liability-driven investment strategies to a full complement of analytics and reporting services and real-time access to your fund’s management and performance.
Ready to talk about Africa? To learn more about African investment, or to talk about your frontier market requirements, contact us here.
