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Mr. Raymond J.
Wallace, CFA, is a Fixed Income Strategist at Taquanta Asset Managers Pty Ltd.
Mr. Wallace is responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight to the investment team.
He has direct experience in managing fixed income as well as absolute return funds.
Mr. Wallace joined BDO Spencer Steward in 1984 as an articled clerk.
He worked at Altron and then Standard Bank in various positions including financial accounting of the Bank’s Africa Banking Operations and Market Risk Manager in SCMB Treasury In October 1996.
He joined Syfrets Limited as a Market Risk Manager responsible for asset management, treasury operations and related derivative positions, as well as risk management of the retail structured product business.
In 1999, Mr. Wallace joined the NIB Quants team with responsibility for developing and managing institutional and retail absolute return strategies.
In May 2003, he was seconded to the Nedbank London office to facilitate the further development of Treasury Asset Management’s alternative investment business.
Mr. Wallace completed a BCompt degree at the University of South Africa, He also obtained his BCompt Hons from UNISA in 1995 and was awarded a CFA Charter in 2000 and is registered with the FSB as a Portfolio Manager.
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Taquanta Asset Managers Pty Ltd.
 Taquanta Asset Managers Pty Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Taquanta Asset Managers Pty Ltd. (Taquanta AM) is the asset management subsidiary of Taquanta Investment Holdings in South Africa. The firm's roots begin with Nedbank Investment Bank, Syfrets and UAL Merchant Bank in the mid-1990s. In 1997, the firms merged into NIB. Rationalizations and restructurings created Nedbank Treasury Asset Management, and in 2005, an empowerment consortium named Taquanta acquired a minority stake in the business which was subsequently rebranded as Taquanta Asset Managers. In 2007, the firm left Nedbank to go it alone under black-owned Taquanta Investment Holdings. Taquanta AM provides a range of investment products for clients including pension and provident funds, medical aids, unit trusts, corporates and multi-managers in South Africa. | Chief Investment Officer | 01/01/2019 |
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Taquanta Asset Managers Pty Ltd.
Taquanta Asset Managers Pty Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Taquanta Asset Managers Pty Ltd. (Taquanta AM) is the asset management subsidiary of Taquanta Investment Holdings in South Africa. The firm's roots begin with Nedbank Investment Bank, Syfrets and UAL Merchant Bank in the mid-1990s. In 1997, the firms merged into NIB. Rationalizations and restructurings created Nedbank Treasury Asset Management, and in 2005, an empowerment consortium named Taquanta acquired a minority stake in the business which was subsequently rebranded as Taquanta Asset Managers. In 2007, the firm left Nedbank to go it alone under black-owned Taquanta Investment Holdings. Taquanta AM provides a range of investment products for clients including pension and provident funds, medical aids, unit trusts, corporates and multi-managers in South Africa. | Finance |
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