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Largest Asset Management Public Companies in South Africa
Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Discovery, Sanlam, Remgro, Old Mutual and Ninety One.
 | Discovery Ltd is a financial services organization. It operates in the healthcare, life insurance, short-term insurance, long-term savings, banking and wellness markets. It specializes in health insurance, life assurance, wellness, investments and savings, short-term insurance, and banking. The company generates revenue through its insurance and financial services, with primary markets in South Africa and the UK, and presence in Canada, the USA, Singapore, Australia, and China. | $17 | +30% | $11B | $11B | 1.7x | - | ||
| Sanlam Ltd sells insurance products and provides investment and wealth management services. Its operating segments include Sanlam Life and Savings, further divided into SA Retail Affluent provides life insurance and investment solutions to the middle and upper level of the market, SA Retail Mass provides life insurance and investment solutions to the entry level market; and Sanlam Corporate provides employee benefits services, group risk and investment services to retirement funds and corporates; Sanlam Emerging Markets incorporates Sanlam’s businesses outside of South Africa, except for Sanlam UK and the smaller businesses in Australia; Sanlam Investment Group incorporates investment and wealth management businesses; and Santam being Sanlam’s general insurance provider in South Africa. | $5 | -4% | $11B | $10B | 0.6x | 6.2x | ||
| Remgro Ltd is an investment holding company with investments in the healthcare, consumer products, financial services, infrastructure, industrial, and media industries. Its segments include Consumer Products and Industrial and Other. It derives the majority of its revenue from Consumer Products. | $11 | +21% | $6B | $6B | 1.8x | 21.3x | ||
| Old Mutual Ltd provides financial services that include wealth management, banking, asset management, and insurance. The firm is organized into the following operational segments: the mass and foundation cluster; Personal Finance and Wealth Management; Old Mutual Investments; Old Mutual corporate; Old Mutual Insure; Old Mutual Africa Regions; and other group activities. | $1 | +8% | $3B | $2B | 0.1x | 3.5x | ||
| Ninety One Ltd is an asset manager. The company provides a range of differentiated strategies managed by its specialist investment teams, providing access to a diverse range of asset classes and regions. It serves its client base via five regional teams namely Africa, the United Kingdom, Asia Pacific, the Americas and Europe and across two distribution channels Institutional and Advisor. Institutional clients include private and public sector pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurers, corporates, foundations and central banks, while Advisor clients include large retail groups, wealth managers, private banks and intermediaries serving individual investors. | $3 | +10% | $3B | ($15B) | (15.8x) | (49.9x) | ||
| Ninety One PLC is engaged in the business of investment management. The company deals in four core asset classes - Equities, Fixed income, Multi-Asset and Alternative Strategies. It provides portfolio management, investment advisory, and other financial services. | PE & VC+1 | $3 | -- | $3B | ($15B) | (15.9x) | (50.1x) | |
| PSG Financial Services Ltd is an independent financial services group. Business is executed through three operating divisions: PSG Wealth, PSG Asset Management, and PSG Insure. PSG Wealth provides the group with nearly half of its income, with PSG Insure outweighing PSG Asset Management. Through the Wealth unit, PSG delivers a comprehensive suite of products to individuals, families, and businesses. Some of the PSG Wealth offerings include investment products, stockbroking, estate and trust services, and many other related products. PSG is structured into three segments which are PSG Wealth, generating income from managed and platform assets; PSG Asset Management, deriving income from assets under management; PSG Insure, earning income from premiums and underwriting. | $2 | +31% | $2B | $1B | 2.5x | 8.1x | ||
| Vukile Property Fund Ltd is a real estate company that owns property throughout South Africa. The company derives its revenue predominantly from property leases. Retail properties, particularly shopping malls, represent more than half of Vukile's property portfolio. Offices, industrial buildings, and sovereign properties are also its portfolio constituents. The majority of the company's tenants are large, listed national companies and franchises, with the remainder comprising government and midsize to large professional firms. The company's geographical segment includes South Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, which is further disaggregated into Spain and Portugal. | $1 | -- | $2B | $3B | 12.6x | 12.6x | ||
| Fortress Real Estate Investments Ltd invests in both direct property assets and listed real estate securities including both local and foreign property companies. It owns a portfolio of retail, office, industrial, logistics-CEE, logistics-SA, corporate and other. The company generates maximum revenue from the Logistics-SA segment. | $1 | -- | $2B | $3B | 8.3x | 8.8x | ||
| Coronation Fund Managers Ltd provides asset management services through segregated and pooled investment vehicles. Clients for the asset manager include pension and provident funds, unit trusts, banks, insurers, and other fund managers. Based out of South Africa, Coronation derives the majority of its revenue from a domestic client base. In addition to managing institutional assets, local retail investors are serviced through non-affiliated channels of independent financial advisors and linked investment service providers. Fund offerings range from income to growth, and also include international portfolios. | $3 | -- | $901M | $878M | 3.3x | 6.3x | ||
| Sygnia Ltd is a specialist financial services company. The company provides investment management and administration solutions to institutional and retail clients located predominantly in South Africa. Its main investment services include domestic and international multi-manager and index-tracking products, customized investment design and management, transition management, and investment administration services. The company operates in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, London, with Maximum of its revenue from South Africa. | $2 | +13% | $319M | $308M | 4.7x | 3.3x | ||
| Median | $3 | +13% | $3B | $2B | 1.8x | 6.3x |
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