Northstar is a specialist research-led asset manager that manages investments for selected institutions, family offices and high net-worth individuals in South Africa and abroad. We invest in high quality onshore equities, offshore equities and fixed income instruments. Our reason for existence is to generate market beating returns for our clients. Our business places a premium on our proprietary research framework which guides independent thought and is key to outperforming peers. Northstar Asset Management offers above average returns which niche specialist managers are best positioned to generate, but we do so at lower levels of risk usually associated with larger managers. This is possible as our investment in research skills rivals that of the largest managers, yet we are small enough to nimbly navigate markets, which large managers are not.

Private Clients, Institutional Fund Management. Grindrod Asset Management (GrAM) was founded in November 2009, when a number of asset management projects within Grindrod Bank were grouped together under a single asset management brand. Initially, there were two main business lines; Grindrod Private Clients (which housed the wealth management activities of GrAM) and Investment Products (which housed the unit trust and distribution capabilities of GrAM) . The business has grown rapidly thanks to the successful launch of a number of new products, as well as through the merger with Plexus Asset Management in 2012. Not only did the Plexus merger introduce new products into GrAM, but it also significantly increased the intellectual capital within the business, a key ingredient in the success of any investment management business. At the end of August 2013, assets under management had grown to R12. 30 billion and were split evenly across all business units.

Coronation Fund Managers South Africa always put their clients first with an unwavering commitment to the long-term view.