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Global investment strategy

One unified view, shaped by experts across the world. Translated into decisions that work for you and your investments.

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global investment strategy group

Local insight, global expertise

The Global Investment Strategy Group (GISG) brings together Investec Wealth & Investment International professionals from the UK, South Africa and Switzerland. 

We combine data-driven intelligence with human wisdom to build a holistic, unified view of the markets, enabling you to navigate complexity and create opportunities for long-term growth.

Global investment process

A rigorous process, informed by a wide range of perspectives

Our investment process draws on the expertise of leading strategic thinkers with over 350 years of collective experience. Our global perspective informs every local portfolio decision, removing the risk of emotionally driven choices and ensuring your strategy reflects a broader, more balanced view of the markets.

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Unified perspective. Smarter decisions.

The Global Investment Strategy Group

Our Global Investment Strategy Group (GISG) brings together professionals from the UK, South Africa, Mauritius and Switzerland, with hundreds of collective years of experience across regions.
Our global footprint and outlook, combined with our intellectual capital and sustained tenure, enable us to form a more balanced, considered view, so that investment decisions are always made with the bigger picture in mind.

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our process

The GISG meets every quarter to:

map out and analyse

map out and analyse

The global economic outlook for the next 18 months, establishing the backdrop against which every decision is made.

co-ordinate

co-ordinate

The risk appetite of the group and define how much risk we are comfortable to assume.

align on risk

align on risk

And how the risk budget is to be spent, including the most and least appealing areas to assume risk and how we insure against it.

identify and validate

identify and validate

The key investment themes shaping markets, testing each one before it informs how portfolios are positioned.

look for threats

look for threats

In a global investor's path – the risks beneath the surface that could disrupt returns if left unseen.

discuss new developments

discuss new developments

That could have an impact on returns, so our view stays current and our positioning never stands still.

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map out and analyse

map out and analyse

The global economic outlook for the next 18 months, establishing the backdrop against which every decision is made.

co-ordinate

co-ordinate

The risk appetite of the group and define how much risk we are comfortable to assume.

align on risk

align on risk

And how the risk budget is to be spent, including the most and least appealing areas to assume risk and how we insure against it.

identify and validate

identify and validate

The key investment themes shaping markets, testing each one before it informs how portfolios are positioned.

look for threats

look for threats

In a global investor's path – the risks beneath the surface that could disrupt returns if left unseen.

discuss new developments

discuss new developments

That could have an impact on returns, so our view stays current and our positioning never stands still.

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How we shape your global investment strategy

Discover how our Global Investment Strategy Group and rigorous investment process deliver solutions tailored to your unique needs and goals, in a complex and constantly unpredictable world.

global investment view

Unified perspective, smarter decisions

The Global Investment Strategy Group meets quarterly to distil the thinking of Investec’s leading strategic thinkers and map out an 18-month outlook, setting a risk budget and identifying some of the potential risks that lie in the global investor’s path.

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SA Asset Allocation Committee

Shaping investment views within a local context

Global insight is only relevant when it's translated within a local context. This is the role of the South Africa Asset Allocation Committee (SA AAC), which meets every quarter – after the global GISG and Global Asset Allocation Committee (GAAC) meetings – to shape our investment view within a distinctly South African context, while remaining informed by global perspectives.

 

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regular assessment of strategy

The SA AAC meets quarterly to:

Assess the local landscape

Assess the local landscape

Map out and analyse the broad, SA-specific economic outlook over the next 18 months.

Build a strategic view

Build a strategic view

Develop a strategic asset allocation view considering specific trends of the broad macro and asset classes.

Test themes and threats

Test themes and threats

Identify, test and validate key investment themes and threats.

Discuss risks

Discuss risks

Discuss risks and determine how the risk budget should be spent.

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Assess the local landscape

Assess the local landscape

Map out and analyse the broad, SA-specific economic outlook over the next 18 months.

Build a strategic view

Build a strategic view

Develop a strategic asset allocation view considering specific trends of the broad macro and asset classes.

Test themes and threats

Test themes and threats

Identify, test and validate key investment themes and threats.

Discuss risks

Discuss risks

Discuss risks and determine how the risk budget should be spent.

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