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October 21, 2022

Q3 GLOBAL DASHBOARD

      As of 30 September 2022, global listed real estate was down -31%. Do we believe that market participants may be overlooking the defensiveness of global REIT earnings,…
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August 3, 2022

A brief update regarding the SA listed property sub-sectors

In this video, Bénette van Wyk, Head of Distribution at Catalyst Fund Managers, and Mvula Seroto, a Portfolio manager of our SA listed property team, share some interesting takeaways regarding…
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August 3, 2022

Key takeaways from the recent NAREIT REITweek conference with a deep dive-focus on the industrial sector

In this video, Bénette van Wyk, Head of Distribution at Catalyst Fund Managers, and Lance Bezuidenhout, a Senior Analyst of the Catalyst Global Listed Real Estate team, discuss the key…
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May 12, 2022

How we view listed property in an inflationary environment

In this video , Benette van Wyk, Head of Distribution at Catalyst Fund Managers and Ryan Cloete, who co manages our Catalyst Global Real Estate UCITS Fund discuss how they…
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December 15, 2021

The South African office conundrum

In this article, Imdaad Nana, senior analyst and portfolio manager at Catalyst Fund Managers, highlights challenges faced by the South African office market, before and during COVID-19. He further provides…
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June 29, 2021

One Decade & Three Freezes

In this report, Bénette van Wyk - Head of Distribution at Catalyst Fund Managers - sheds the light on private open-ended property funds which have been the source of renewed…
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May 20, 2021

The property fund that hasn’t had a negative year in more than a decade

Paul Duncan discusses how Catalyst has taken advantage of a flexible hedge fund mandate. Read the full article here 
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May 20, 2021

Global Property Report Q1 2021

In this short video clip, Ryan Cloete (Senior Investment Analyst) shares a quick summary of our Q1 2021 Global Listed Property Dashboard. Click on the link for the video clip.…
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May 19, 2021

Double decade of building property returns

In the short video clip below, our CEO, Michael Arbuthnot, reflects on our appreciation for our long-standing relationships with our clients, our dedicated team, and our consistent performance. Click on…
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November 16, 2020

Time to buy or cut loose?

Mvula Seroto, Portfolio Manager at Catalyst Fund Managers,  recently commented on an article which appeared in BizNews regarding the listed property sector. Read the full article here 
In The News
October 27, 2020

Covid as a disruptor and enabler of global listed real estate

Lance Bezuidenhout, Senior Investment Analyst at Catalyst Fund Managers,  discusses the disruption and opportunities created by the pandemic within the global listed real estate sector. Lance also provides insight into…
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September 8, 2020

Challenges and Opportunities for listed property managers

Mike Arbuthnot, CEO at Catalyst Fund Managers addresses the challenges and opportunities for listed property managers in the current environment. Read the full article here 
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September 8, 2020

Benefits of a combination of local and offshore funds

Mvula Seroto,  Portfolio Manager at Catalyst Fund Managers, explains the benefits of a combination of local and offshore shares as in our Flexible Property Fund. (more…)
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August 18, 2020

Opportunities in Real Estate

Theodore Freysen, Senior Analyst at Catalyst Fund Managers, discusses why you shouldn't tar all real estate funds with the same brush. In this recently published article in Trustnet,  Theo discusses how investors…
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July 20, 2020

Amalgamation of Funds

Information to all our investors (more…)
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June 17, 2020

A global take on real estate

Michael Arbuthnot, CEO of Catalyst Fund Managers, discusses what makes global listed real estate a compelling asset class, distributions during Covid-19, and our portfolio positioning. (more…)
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June 17, 2020

Property as an alternative income investment

Michael Arbuthnot, CEO of Catalyst Fund Managers, commented on an article titled "Property as an alternative income investment" which appeared in a recent publication of FT ADVISOR UK (more…)
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May 8, 2020

An interview with Ryan Cloete

Ryan Cloete   Ryan Cloete, a Senior Analyst at Catalyst Fund Managers, discusses global listed real estate opportunities in the wake of  COVID-19.  Please follow the links below for the…
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February 17, 2020

Taking the offshore plunge on global reits

Tiffany Jones, a Senior Investment Analyst at Catalyst Fund Managers says the sector gives local investors the chance to diversify their portfolios across countries and subsectors. Tiffany Jones (more…)
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November 28, 2019

Tough year for Dipula as retailers struggle with rent

Kirstin Govindasamy, an investment analyst at Catalyst Fund Managers, said the results were “tough in a tough environment”. (more…)
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November 14, 2019

Investec Property Fund’s offshore assets shine

The company’s investments in the UK, Europe and Australia are paying off (more…)
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November 14, 2019

Growthpoint’s bid to buy into UK mall owner

Mvula Seroto, a Portfolio Manager at Catalyst Fund Managers commented on a recent article which appeared in the Financial Mail. Growthpoint’s bid to buy into UK mall owner. Investors are…
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September 11, 2019

Fairvest beats inflation again

PAUL DUNCAN - Analyst at Catalyst Fund Managers Paul Duncan comments on a recent article which appeared in the Business Day. Fairvest beats inflation again with 8% distribution growth, however,…
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September 2, 2019

Barriers to supply and the value of platform

Lance Bezuidenhout Lance Bezuidenhout is a Senior Investment Analyst within our global investment team. His areas of specialty are in telecommunications infrastructure (data centres and cell towers), healthcare, self-storage, industrial…
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July 25, 2019

The Plan to Rescue Rebosis

Mvula Seroto Investors seem to have little faith that measures proposed by embattled BEE company Rebosis will lead to recovery, Mvula Seroto, Portfolio Manager at Catalyst Fund Managers comments on…
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July 22, 2019

Emira gambles on SA Corporate Real Estate

Paul Duncan Paul comments on a recent article titled "Emira gambles on SA Corporate Real Estate" which appeared in the Financial Mail (more…)
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January 30, 2019

Listed Property takes a battering

Mvula Seroto Mvula Seroto, an investment analyst from Catalyst Fund Managers recently commented on an article titled "Listed property takes a battering"   (more…)
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January 25, 2019

EDCON : A catch 22 for mall owners

Mvula Seroto Catalyst Fund Managers investment analyst Mvula Seroto says it would be more prudent for landlords to negotiate varying rent reductions depending on the individual performance of stores in…
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January 23, 2019

Listed Property : The best and worst stocks

Imdaad Nana Imdaad Nana was quoted in an article recently published in the Financial Mail with regards to the best and the worst stocks within Listed Property. (more…)
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October 5, 2018

An interview with Paul Duncan

Catalyst Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager, Paul Duncan discusses Catalyst's funds with Black Onyx.  Black Onyx is an alternative fund distribution specialist that focuses on digital platforms that connects wealth professionals…
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October 1, 2018

Opportunities ripe for value chasers

Mvula Seroto Business Day recently ran a property focussed supplement in which Mvula Seroto, one of our Analysts commented on an article titled "Opportunities ripe for value chasers". (more…)
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September 14, 2018

An interview with Jamie Boyes

JAMIE BOYES In a recent interview by Brendan de Jongh from PortfolioMetrix , Jamie and Brendan discuss the Catalyst Global Real Estate Fund and global property as an asset class…
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September 12, 2018

Fairvest payout beats inflation for sixth year

PAUL DUNCAN Fairvest, which owns shopping centres in smaller towns and rural areas, has delivered inflation-beating dividend growth for the sixth year in a row.   Paul Duncan from Catalyst…
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July 24, 2018

Entrepreneurs keep home fires lit until market revives

Middle-income flats go up as residential funds foresee upturn Naeem Tilly from Catalyst Fund Managers recently commented on the above article which in Business Live (more…)
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June 14, 2018

Tradehold: A leaner, cleaner look

Former rand hedge stock Tradehold has reinvented itself as a major player in SA’s lucrative logistics sector   Paul Duncan from Catalyst Fund Managers commented on the above article which…
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May 24, 2018

UK back on Property Buying Lists

There’s renewed interest in British property but analysts warn of further pain this year for mall owners.   Jonathan Kinnear was recently quoted in the above article which appeared in…
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April 11, 2018

Klepierre going shopping for malls

"French mall owner could scupper Hammerson’s proposed Intu merger if it makes a formal bid" Tiffany Jones Tiffany Jones was recently quoted in the above article which appeared in the…
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April 11, 2018

Listed German Residential Sector

Jonathan Kinnear Jonathan Kinnear one of our analysts recently wrote an article which appeared in "Funds on Friday by Glacier Research" on the German Residential Sector. (more…)
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March 15, 2018

Genoteerde eiendom sukkel om reg te kom

Naeem Tilly recently commented on an article which appeared in the Beeld on the recent low returns of the listed property sector. Read the full article here
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February 27, 2018

JSE Property companies in foreign land grab

Naeem Tilly recently commented on an article which appeared in the Financial Mail regarding JSE property companies in foreign land grab. Read the full article here
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January 30, 2018

Resilient: behind the investor panic

In a recent article which appeared in the Financial Mail, Naeem Tilly one of our analysts at Catalyst Fund Managers, commented on last week’s renewed sell-off of the Resilient group…
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January 22, 2018

Emira Property Fund – Dipping Toes into the US

Mvula Seroto, an investment analyst from Catalyst Fund Managers comments on the tax structure of Emira's US transaction, in an article that featured recently on Business Live Read the full…
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October 11, 2017

Property Stocks Raise R20 billion Capital

Curwin Rittles from Catalyst Fund Managers sheds light on capital raises to date in his take on the article "Property Stocks Raise R20 billion capital" that featured recently in Business…
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September 29, 2017

Global Retail

Tiffany Jones, Investment Analyst at Catalyst Fund Managers, recently wrote an interesting article on global retail which appeared in the latest "Funds on Friday by Glacier Research" publication. Read the…
In The News
July 21, 2017

Retailers under pressure

Mvula Seroto an Investment Analyst at Catalyst Fund Managers recently commented on an article on the Fin24 Website. Read the full article here
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March 17, 2017

Listed Property – Consider Getting In This Queue

Catalyst Fund Managers recently featured prominently in an article on listed property investments on the Fin24 Website. Read the full article here
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February 24, 2017

Rockcastle and NEPI taking pride of place

Zayd Sulaiman, Portfolio Manager at Catalyst Fund Managers commented this week on an article in the Financial Mail regarding the Rockcastle, NEPI  tie-up  which will create the third-largest listed retail property…
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January 23, 2017

Growthpoint’s recent exposure to Romania

Paul Duncan, Portfolio Manager at Catalyst Fund Managers commented on an article in Business Day regarding Growthpoint’s recent exposure to Romania Read the full article here
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January 23, 2017

Equites Property Fund

Paul Duncan, Portfolio Manager at Catalyst Fund Managers commented on an article in Business Day regarding Equites Property Fund Read the full article here
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January 16, 2017

More Property tie-ups likely

Paul Duncan from Catalyst Fund Managers commented on an article in Business Day Read the full article here
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November 1, 2016

Offshore Property Stocks

Catalyst Fund Managers recently commented on an article on Moneyweb Read the full article here
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June 22, 2016

Unease over expensive malls

Catalyst Fund Managers recently featured in the Financial Mail Read the full article here