Skycastle International Investments

Asset Management

Asset Management

Our Asset Management Approach

Our objective is to achieve Absolute return and Wealth preservation, allowing our clients the ability to leverage off our philosophy to make sure that their families financial futures will be secured. Using a top-down approach, we look at buying mega-cap, market-leading companies that generate significant amounts of cash, that withstand tough economic conditions. In doing so, it provides the portfolio with the ability to preserve capital, the ability to invest in great businesses at decent prices and pay dividends. As mentioned, where it’s practical and possible, we would look to phase in equities over a period of time to mitigate risk.
Our Asset Management services extend to Reg 28, Personal Share Portfolios, Retirement Annuities, Alternative Investments and Tax efficient structures by wrappers and Endowments both locally and Offshore .
Our goal is to perform throughout market cycles on an absolute basis across different asset classes (bonds, stocks, cash, real estate investment trust & preference shares) to ensure our risk is diversified.

We use a unique approach to asset allocation in our investment process.

Our Flagship Investment Solutions:

  1. The Alternative Investment USD Portfolio
  2. The Alternative Investment ZAR Portfolio
  3. Multi-Asset Long Only USD Portfolio
  4. Multi-Asset Long Only ZAR Portfolio
  5. Regulation 28 & Personalized Share Portfolio

Chief Investment Officer

Greg Saffy

Our investment committee is headed up by Greg Saffy, to note some of his accolades: CA (SA) and CFA Charter Holder, Top-rated financial services banking analyst for 10 years – also rated in small caps, corporate governance and property, Rated top 5 in South Africa (all analysts in all sectors) in a 2014 Extel survey. Won RMB deal of the year in 2014 – a track record of managing funds, sourcing deals, and restructuring. Extensive network both within the financial community and in numerous industries. Key expertise includes investment analysis, deal origination, and implementation.

Investment Commitee

The team meets regularly and has quarterly reviews on portfolio positioning in relation to current global trends and the Macro-economic backdrop to ensure the most favourable asset allocation is achieved. A Quarterly Bulletin is also compiled and updated to all client’s.

Investment Universe

Our Investment universe is made up of the top listed companies (by market capitalization) on the Nasdaq, Top 300 stocks on the S&P500 and selected stocks in China, Europe and South Africa. We also look at a bespoke list of companies listed on exchanges worldwide.

Meet Our Respective Team

Jason Farber
Investment Manager
Email: : jason@skycasyleintinvest.com / Contact: 011 523 3189
Rory Cassells
Quantitive Analyst and Developer
Email: rory@skycastleintinvest.com /
Paul Johnson
Portfolio manager & Technical analyst
Email: paul@skycastleintinvest.com / Contact: 011 523 3190
Alisha Coetzee
Offshore Senior Trader
Email: alisha@skycastleintinvest.com / Contact: 011 568 2218
Dylan Bester
Head of International Investments
dylan@skycastleintinvest.com / Contact: 0115233121
Charmaine Marcia
Senior Trader
Email: charmaine@skycastleintinvest.com / Contact: 011568 2218

Skycastle international investments is a South African based company specializing in Asset management with a key focus in Alternative Investments both locally and offshore. We provide services that are critical to Investors and active traders across the globe (FSP 48889)

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