Sanlam Investments consists of some of South Africa's leading investment and wealth management businesses and is based in Cape Town, with a presence in Sub-Saharan Africa, the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. The business is diversified across a broad range of specialist investment businesses. Its areas of expertise include conventional asset management, alternative investment solutions, collective investment schemes, employee benefits, property asset management, private client investment management and stockbroking, multi-management, structured products, private equity fund management and risk management. It provides these investment services to a diverse client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and government agencies. Profile of businesses Sanlam Investment Management (SIM) The second largest investment manager in South Africa as measured by assets under management, SIM manages financial assets for individual, institutional, retail and corporate clients and offers investment strategies in vehicles ranging from collective investments to institutional portfolios. Sanlam Collective Investments (SCI) The third largest manager of collective investment portfolios in South Africa, SCI offers a wide range of retail, multi-managed, institutional and third-party collective investment funds. Sanlam Multi-Managers International (SMMI) An investment management advisory business, SMMI is dedicated to active multi-management. It has been managing multi-manager funds globally since 1999. Sanlam Private Investments (SPI) SPI is a private client portfolio management and stockbroking business, serving high net worth individuals, charitable trusts and smaller institutions. SIM Emerging Markets (SIM-EM) A fund and investment management business, SIM-EM focuses on emerging markets, particularly in Africa and Asia. SIM-EM has offices in Namibia, Botswana, Nigeria, Kenya and Zambia. Sanlam Properties (SP) Sanlam Properties specialises in strategic property services, including portfolio management, development, sales and listings. Octane Holdings Limited (Octane) A specialist alternative investment provider, focusing on hedge funds of funds, Octane is based in Switzerland with a research office in New York and offices in South Africa. Sanlam Employee Benefits (SEB) Sanlam Employee Benefits specialises in the provision of risk, investment and administration services to institutions and retirement funds Sanlam Asset Management (Ireland) (SAMI) SAMI is an international investment management business based in Dublin, and manages funds domiciled in Ireland for the Sanlam group. Sanlam Private Equity (SPE) One of the largest private equity fund managers in South Africa, SPE offers both a direct and a fund-of-funds investment programme. SPE also drives the Group's BEE investment programme. Sanlam Capital Markets (SCM) SCM is a provider of risk management and structured product solutions. SIM Global SIM Global actively manages long-only international funds from South Africa for local and international clients. Hedgehog Capital Specialising in alternative investment strategies, Hedgehog Capital's initial focus is on the incubation of hedge fund strategies. Sanlam Structured Solutions (SSS) SSS offers derivative-based skills to the investment cluster to enhance returns on portfolios and to improve the product offering to clients, such as derivative, tax and legal-based structured products.