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ABOUT US

Empowering Your Investments, Innovating Your Future

Amna Asset Manager is a licensed Financial Services Provider (FSP) with Category I and Category II licenses, authorized by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA). Amna AM specializes in technology-driven asset management solutions, offering institutional-grade trading expertise and transparent investment strategies. The company holds a Category II Discretionary license, the same as major South African asset managers like PIC, Coronation, STANLIB, Allan Gray, and Ninety-One. This license allows Amna AM to manage a full range of investment products, including shares, bonds, derivatives, and hedge funds.

Investment philosophy

A Disciplined Approach to Wealth Creation.

Amna Asset Manager has a disciplined investment philosophy based on three core pillars: fiduciary excellence, risk-conscious investing, and client-aligned outcomes.

Maintaining Adequate Liquidity through Active Secondary Market Securities

Amna AM ensures liquidity by investing in highly active secondary markets, avoiding price impact.

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Capital Preservation as the Foremost Objective

Amna AM recognizes that capital preservation is the cornerstone of long-term wealth management.

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Generating Reasonable Returns Consistent with Client Objectives and Risk Constraints

Amna AM seeks consistent, predictable returns by aligning with each client's specific needs.

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WHAT SETS AMNA AM APART

Excellence Forged in Experience

Amna Asset Manager (Amna AM) holds the same Category II Discretionary license as major South African asset managers including the PIC, Coronation, STANLIB, Allan Gray, and Ninety-One, inter alia. Amna AM is authorized to manage the full spectrum of investment products from shares and bonds to derivatives and hedge funds.

Amna AM’s approach combines traditional asset management expertise with cutting-edge technology and data analytics. Through Amna AM’s associate companies like Braincell and Brainwave Holdings, leveraging advanced technological capabilities to enhance investment decision-making and risk management.

Amna AM provide diversified asset portfolios, ESG-aligned investments, alternative market exposure, and flexible client mandates. Amna AM’s investment guidelines ensure capital preservation while targeting optimal returns through disciplined credit selection, active duration management, and strategic yield curve positioning.

Amna AM’s investment policy framework incorporates clear portfolio objectives, Amna AMll-defined performance measurement methods, comprehensive risk management across currency, interest rate, and credit risks, and strict compliance with regulatory requirements. Amna AM follows international best practices while maintaining focus on South African and global market opportunities.

Amna AM offer transparent reporting, regular performance updates, and customized solutions based on individual client risk appetites and investment objectives. Amna AM’s experienced senior management team brings decades of expertise in asset management, risk management, and financial services.

Navigating Markets with Precision

INVESTMENT PROCESS

At Amna AM, we begin by applying advanced quantitative methods to assess and forecast each portfolio’s liquidity requirements. This includes modelling cash flow patterns, risk tolerance, market volatility, and potential drawdown scenarios to ensure precise alignment with the client’s financial objectives.

Based on the results of this analysis, client assets are strategically tranched into two categories:

Liquidity Tranche
Designed to meet short- to medium-term obligations, this tranche prioritises capital preservation, low volatility, and immediate accessibility to liquidity.

Investment Tranche
Constructed for longer-term capital growth, this tranche is deployed into a diversified mix of higher-return strategies across asset classes.

Amna AM gathers fundamental inputs, analysing major economies and placing them in cyclical context, looking at interest rate cycles and credit spread cycles. The result of the analysis the portfolio manager to leverage on and help identify cyclical drivers and opportunities across asset classes.

We believe it is vital for overall portfolio risk to be managed in its totality on an ongoing basis. We take into account investment restrictions and specific fund guidelines when constructing and monitoring the portfolio, and besides standard portfolio risk measures, we use Amna AM’s Risk Parameters to measure portfolio credit spread risk as well as the Duration Risk to look at beta-adjusted rates exposure. yield curve positioning.

Amna AM selects and creates portfolios with minimum variance using advanced quantitative methods.

Vision and Mission Values

Driving Innovation, Unlocking Value

Vision

To be the leading technology-driven asset management company, empowering clients through data-driven insights, and innovative financial solutions that unlock long-term value and sustainable growth while ensuring liquidity and continuous innovation.

Client Centric Approach

Amna AM’s mission is to harness cutting-edge technology, quantitative research, and advanced analytics to manage and grow our clients’ wealth. We deliver personalized, transparent, and efficient investment solutions anchored in robust risk management and a commitment to innovation, integrity, and client success.

Maintaining Adequate Liquidity through Active Secondary Market Securities

Liquidity management is a critical operational and strategic priority. Amna AM invests primarily in securities with deep and active secondary markets, allowing for efficient entry and exit without material impact on price or performance. This commitment ensures:

  • Timely access to capital for redemptions or reallocation
  • Tactical flexibility to respond to market shifts or opportunities
  • Mitigation of liquidity risk during periods of market stress
  • Compliance with client liquidity needs and fund-specific mandates

Liquidity is not only a buffer against volatility but also a core enabler of active portfolio management and tactical asset allocation.

Capital Preservation as the Foremost Objective

Amna AM recognizes that capital preservation is the cornerstone of long-term wealth management. This entails protecting clients invested capital against permanent loss, inflation erosion, and undue risk exposure. The firm emphasizes a margin of safety in all investment decisions, favouring:

  • High-quality assets with strong fundamentals
  • Diversification across asset classes, sectors, and geographies
  • A conservative approach in volatile or uncertain market conditions
  • Avoidance of speculative or untested strategies

Capital preservation is particularly vital for clients with low risk tolerance, retirement mandates, and institutional obligations. It ensures that clients can maintain their purchasing power and meet their financial obligations over time, even in adverse market environments.

Generating Reasonable Returns Consistent with Client Objectives and Risk Constraints

Amna AM seeks to generate sustainable, risk-adjusted returns that are aligned with each client’s investment mandate, time horizon, and risk appetite. The firm adopts a measured return philosophy prioritizing consistency and predictability over excessive risk-taking. Key practices include:

  • Strategic asset allocation informed by macroeconomic, market, and valuation indicators
  • Bottom-up and top-down research processes to identify high-conviction opportunities
  • Integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors to enhance long-term value
  • Continuous portfolio optimization to balance return potential against downside risks

By aligning expected returns with clearly defined client objectives, Amna ensures that performance is not only competitive, but also relevant and responsible.