Shawn Thomas

Old Mutual Multi-Managers (Old Mutual MM) is the wholly-owned South African investment division of Old Mutual Life Assurance Co. South Africa Ltd., a subsidiary of Old Mutual (LON: OML) in Great Britain. The firm was founded in 2003 and formerly known as SYmmETRY Multi-Manager Portfolios, which merged with the ACSIS Research and Investment Management team in 2013 and formed a new multi-management business which was renamed Old Mutual Multi-Managers in 2014. Headquartered in Cape Town, Old Mutual MM offers institutional investors a range of investment funds and strategies to suit their needs.

Taquanta Asset Managers Pty Ltd. (Taquanta AM) is the asset management subsidiary of Taquanta Investment Holdings in South Africa. The firm's roots begin with Nedbank Investment Bank, Syfrets and UAL Merchant Bank in the mid-1990s. In 1997, the firms merged into NIB. Rationalizations and restructurings created Nedbank Treasury Asset Management, and in 2005, an empowerment consortium named Taquanta acquired a minority stake in the business which was subsequently rebranded as Taquanta Asset Managers. In 2007, the firm left Nedbank to go it alone under black-owned Taquanta Investment Holdings. Taquanta AM provides a range of investment products for clients including pension and provident funds, medical aids, unit trusts, corporates and multi-managers in South Africa.