Coming hot off the back of 2020 (arguably one the most miserable years in recent history), you would be forgiven if you anchored expectations to the past and came through the year thinking “hey, this wasn’t so bad”.
In a way, the same could be said for our investment landscape. Having come off 2020 as a base, 2021 looked quite good. Year-on-year growth rates of most growth assets showed massive gains and even the average low-equity multi-asset fund managed double digit returns. It is, however, crucial to understand the “coming off a low base” effect and that investors should not be expecting these levels of returns in the years to come. The Rand also started off well but lost a lot of appeal with the news of the Omicron variant and the erroneous link to South Africa.
As we have a quick glance at some of the market factors that piqued our interest over the year gone by, we look forward to 2022 and wish you everyone a happy and prosperous new year.
WATCH
Head of Portfolio Management, Roeloff Horne, unpacks the 2021 data and provides insight into the way forward for our clients in 2022 including key events that will meaningfully impact our portfolio construction.
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