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FutureGrowth Asset Management
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March 2016
Senate Group
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Corporate overview
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Click to edit Master subtitle styleA large,
dedicated
investment
team
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Investment team structure
Updated: 30 November 2015
Andrew Canter (CIO)
Portfolio Managers
Daphne Botha
James Howard
Jason Lightfoot
Mei-Chi Liou
Michael Van Rensburg
Nazley Bardien
Wikus Furstenberg
Paul Semple
Credit & Equity Team
Olga Constantatos
James Howard
Jason Lightfoot
Mei-Chi Liou
Paul Semple
Conway Williams
Ringetani Ndlovu
Thina Tiyo
Gershwin Long
Iqeraam Petersen
Angelique Kalam
Smital Rambhai
Dolf van Wijngaarde
Yasmine Ganief
Amrish Narrandes
Sarah De Villiers
Wafeeqah Mallick
Irfaan Abbas
Didintle Mosupyoe
Sue Hopkins
Chantal Wood
Tarryn Mentoor
Interest Rate Team
Wikus Furstenberg
Daphne Botha
Rhandzo Mukansi
Yunus January
Dealing Team
Michael Van Rensburg
Nazley Bardien
Rasheda Jacobs
Nadia Ismail
Desigan Reddy
Mandy Scholtz
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Specialist Investment
Administrators
Michelle Green
Sheree Davids
Narayan Vyas
Thato Khaole
Melissa Moore
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Interest rate view and strategy
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Key investment themes (most turned out worse)
l Chinese rebalancing
l Great monetary easing
l Global economic growth
l Local economic growth
l Local headline inflation (trend)
l SA current account
l Monetary policy
l Fiscal policy (rolling 3yr)
Slow rebalancing Hard landingReturn to 10+
Trend Below trend Recession
Trend Below trend Recession
4.5% 5.5% 7.0%
Neutral EasingTightening
Consolidation Stabilization Slippage
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Improving Muddle through Disaster
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Low for long QE‘Normalization’
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Commodity markets
Falling oil price buffered some of the blow…but not by enough
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Current account & Fiscal budget balances
…leaving us with a current account deficit that is still too wide for
comfort
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Real policy rate versus current account balance
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Theoretically, the SARB has to tighten policy by at least 200bps
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SA real repo rate
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SARB still “injecting” too much liquidity into system…due to low growth
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USDZAR: Purchasing power parity
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Leaving the bulk of the required adjustment to the currency
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Local inflation forecast
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Persistent rand weakness contributes to risk of inflation
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Fiscal Revenue and Expenditure trends
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Major concern always had been current expenditure…
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Sovereign debt & contingent liabilities
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The SOE problem…
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Sovereign bond rating metrics
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(Fiscal Policy)
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Local currency spreads versus ratings
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Spreads have widened to levels last seen in 2000-2002…
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5-year CDS spreads/S&P foreign currency ratings
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Cost of insurance against SA sovereign default has surged…
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Fair value estimate (10-year RSA Treasury yield)
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Assuming a foreign currency sovereign downgrade…
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Global 10-year nominal treasury rates
SA looks attractive…
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Global 10-year real treasury rates
…until you adjust for inflation.
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Old Mutual Income Fund
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Fund structure: Latest
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SA fixed rate non-government bond market
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ABIL debacle served as catalyst for more general spread widening
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NCD spot and monthly rates
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Priced by both forward and spot money markets
Increasing exposure for money
market and income funds
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Yield curve slope – nominal bonds
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Yield spread: RSA 30-year fixed rate bond and 3-month JIBAR
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Fixed rate bond returns
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Repo rate: +100bps
Long end: +100bps
Repo rate: +100bps
Long end: +50bps
Expected returns over 12-month period
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Fixed rate bond returns
Repo rate: +150bps
Long end: -50ps
Repo rate: +100bps
Long end: 0bps
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Expected returns over 12-month period
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OM retail funds
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Fund structures: Latest
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Sovereign credit rating dynamics
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SA local currency government bond ownership
Foreign ownership of domestic debt at 3-year low
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32% of R1.4tn = R0.5tn
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Sovereign credit rating scale
Moody's S&P Fitch
Long-Term Ratings
Aaa AAA AAA Prime
Aa1 AA+ AA+
Aa2 AA AA
Aa3 AA- AA-
A1 A+ A+
A2 A A
A3 A- A-
Baa1 BBB+ BBB+
Baa2 BBB BBB
Baa3 BBB- BBB-
Ba1 BB+ BB+
Ba2 BB BB
Ba3 BB- BB-
B1 B+ B+
B2 B B
B3 B- B-
Caa1 CCC+ Substantial risk
Caa2 CCC Extremely speculative
Caa3 CCC-
CC
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C DDD
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Ca
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CCC
High grade
Upper medium grade
Lower medium grade
Non-investment grade (Speculative)
Higher speculative
In default (low posibility of recovery)
In default
SA FC
SA FC SA FC
SA LC
SA LC SA LC
BZ FC
BZ FC
BZ FC
S:BondsFixed Income ResearchEconomic AnalysisSA – Rating Metrics
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/ High hurdle to South Africa exiting emerging market bond indices
/ Citi Bank’s World Government Bond Index (WGBI) & Barclays’ Global Aggregate (Global
Agg) Index
- Investment grade, local currency bonds considered [thus local as opposed to foreign currency rating]
- WGBI inclusion criteria requires at least investment grade rating from either S&P or Moody’s
- Global Agg. inclusion criteria requires at least investment grade rating from either S&P, Moody’s or Fitch
/ JP Morgan’s Global Diversifies Index (EMBI) & Barclays’ Emerging Market Local
Currency Government Bond Index (EMLGBI)
- Index inclusion criteria ambivalent to credit ratings
- Inclusion criteria:
- Classified as lower/middle income country (World Bank) and non-advanced country (IMF)
- Respective bond market must have significant market depth and liquidity
- Include all of investment grade, high yield & unrated debt securities
EM bond index inclusion criteria
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Disclaimer
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