Portfolio and asset managers say now is a great time to make money in South Africa, despite the recent unrest, record-high unemployment numbers and more investors taking their money offshore to look for greener pastures.
During the Allan Gray investment summit this week, investment managers from various firms - including Coronation, Aluwani Capital Partners and Prudential - said they saw opportunities to make great returns from unloved stocks like Blue Label Telecoms, hotel groups, and expected the commodity boom to run its course a little longer.
The portfolio manager and founding member of Aluwani, Patrick Mathidi, said his company still expected a 20% return in the next 18 to 24 months.
