Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa August 2013 | Page 19

CAPITAL PRESERVATION AT ITS CORE Prescient Investment Management is a leading quantitative asset manager, headquartered in Cape Town with additional offices in Dublin, Windhoek, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Stellenbosch. Prescient also has a representative office in Shanghai and we were the first asset manager in Africa to be awarded a QFII (Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor) licence to invest directly into China. Founded in old stables, Prescient has evolved into a global player. It has been 15 years since we opened our doors for business, offering to the market our unique quantitative approach to asset management. With capital preservation at the core, Prescient’s investment philosophy is simple: PEACE OF MIND. At Prescient Investment Management we aim to give our clients a level of certainty around their investment outcomes, with a commitment to achieve no less than the agreed risk benchmark, and thereafter to look for opportunities to add value over and above this benchmark. We do not merely diversify risk: risk is measured and managed holistically using proven quantitative techniques. Our systematic approach to managing risk is scalable and enables us to replicate our investment process across al ?????????]????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????d??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????)A?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????I???????????????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????)A??????%???????5?????????????????????????????I?????5????????????e?????)???????%?????e??????????????A???????????????????????????????A????????=???????)??????????A=???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)A????????????????????=?????%???????5????????????e???????????????%????)e???????????()I9?=)%9YMQ59P)AI=U QL)U?????U???)1????????)=?????????)?????????U????)1???????????)I?????????????)A???????????)U??????????)A???)]???? ??????????)?????)????????????????()Q?????????????????????????????????????M???????????????? ??????????)9????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q?????????????????????????????????????????A??????)?????e?????????????]??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????d????????????????????????1???)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????((0