Issued by Sanlam Group Marketing and Communications Department.
During December 2024 many Namibians clamoured for the chance to journey, see new sights and roam the globe’s vacationer sights. This doesn’t come as a shock as we seemed to the long run following two years marred with lockdowns, restrictive rules and fatalities. No doubt, a much-needed breath of recent air was welcomed.
Business Development Consultant
Sanlam Investments
Enter 2025 and the world is holding its collective breath as information of the outbreak of a brand new Covid like strand referred to as Human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, in China is doing the rounds on social media and main information retailers. Almost déjà vu just like the outbreak of Covid in Wuhan China 5 years in the past.
At residence, the much-awaited rainfall has prompted devastation in areas the place Namibians are housed in riverbeds and catchment areas. This was met with many good Samaritans extending a serving to hand to these affected and a collective name for the City Council to assemble correct drainage methods and housing for indigent Namibians within the City of Windhoek. Simultaneously although, farmers and producers welcomed this much-needed assist from Above within the face of what was definitely a drought-like state of affairs.
This begs the query – with a lot uncertainty because it pertains to world and native occasions, how does one plan for that which you can’t management?
Within the asset administration house, we persistently declare our lack of ability to foretell the long run. There isn’t any crystal ball to find out how the markets will reply to any world disaster whether or not that is brought on by local weather or illness. However previous expertise does present a notable software to defray feelings and keep confidence.
Sanlam Investments particularly navigates uncertainty by referring to many years previous information and developments noticed by way of sentiment, buying and selling cycles and deviations.
What units Sanlam Investment aside is having the information and reworking that into data to higher our choice making.
One hundred and two years of data that has made us secure and capable of cater for company shoppers like pension funds and medical assist schemes in addition to Namibians trying to Live with Confidence as a result of we provide merchandise that ship secure returns and consistency in addition to merchandise that ship long-term returns over longer funding intervals. This means Sanlam Investments can cater to all of your funding wants, the selection is yours. So, what might be your monetary focus:
* Decide what you might be investing for, what do you wish to obtain?
If you’re on the lookout for an funding fund that can be utilized for emergencies similar to sudden life adjustments, retrenchments or emergency household disaster – you then’d be well-suited to contemplate our Enhanced Cash Fund or our Floating Rate Fund.
An funding fund geared to pay on your kids’s faculty or college in 5 to seven years then our All Namibian Fund and Balanced Fund ought to meet your wants.
Perhaps a retirement money basket that may subsidize your retirement annuity and improve your way of life in 7 to 10 years then our General Equity Fund gives you optimum returns over the longer interval.
* Understand how a lot danger you’re prepared to take.
The rule of thumb with investments is that this: Time is king. Investments do present quick time period capital safety and this comes at a decrease return. Higher returns are coupled with an extended funding interval in order to leverage of market fluctuations and the compounding impact of dividends.
* Ensure you’ve got a monetary advisor to interrupt down the facets you’re uncertain of.
Sanlam Investments’ monetary advisors are your 360 monetary compass – we take nice care to make sure that their abilities, data and entry to info makes for good and buyer centric recommendation.
Trust them and journey with them in your journey to Living with Confidence in an unsure world.