ABOUT IJG

Advisory

IJG Advisory’s full suite of services stretch from business valuations and restructurings, through capital raising and corporate finance support to best-practice advice on privatisations, debt issuance and debt restructurings.

Business Broking

Aldes Namibia assists owners of small and medium businesses to analyse, value and sell their businesses. Our professional team of brokers can source the perfect business for our buyers.

Investment Management

IJG Investment Managers is a 100% Namibian owned asset management firm offering institutional clients a wide range of investment solutions, tailored to the unique risk and return objectives of each client.

Private Equity

IJG Capital is IJG’s Namibia-focussed venture capital and private equity fund manager, providing equity funding, extensive expertise and strategic know-how to Namibian businesses.

Stockbroking

IJG Securities is the leading Namibian stockbroker and is supported in its sponsoring, equity and fixed income trading services with cutting-edge market research and analyses.

Wealth Management

With a range of advanced financial, estate, retirement and education planning tools in its arsenal, IJG’s wealth management team is there to assist you in optimising and consistently achieving and exceeding your personal savings and investment goals.

HISTORY

IJG was registered in 1996 as Irwin, Jacobs, Greene (Pty) Ltd to capitalise on opportunities opened up in the Namibian corporate finance and stockbroking field by the rapid growth of the Namibian Stock Exchange. IJG has since grown into one of Namibia’s leading financial services companies offering stockbroking, private equity, advisory and wealth management services to its clients.

EMPOWERMENT

IJG is committed to the advancement of previously disadvantaged Namibians (PDN), with 27% of its shares held by PDNs and an Equitable Economic Empowerment score, awarded by the Namibia Preferential Procurement Corporation, of 75.2%.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

IJG Trails

Effective 1 January 2016, IJG is the title sponsor of Farm Windhoek and will have all naming rights to Farm Windhoek. Farm Windhoek is located along the Auas Mountains, just south of Windhoek. It provides for outdoor activities for the whole family, with over 70 kilometers of trails suitable for mountain biking, hiking, trail running, dog walking and bird watching. 

IJG sees this as an ideal opportunity to give back and invest in the community by making recreational areas such as Farm Windhoek safer and more accessible to the Windhoek community. 

Visit the website here: www.farmwindhoek.com

Namibian Scholars Challenge

IJG is extremely proud to be associated with the Namibian Scholars’ Challenge. This initiative introduces students to capital markets and portfolio management in a simulated real life environment. In this way, IJG contributes to educating the Namibian youth about opportunities in the financial services environment and hopes to stimulate interest in further studies towards joining the industry.

Annual Charity Dealing Day

Since 2002 IJG has raised more than N$1m for Namibian charities through IJG’s Annual Charity Dealing Day. On the annual Charity Dealing Day IJG donates all proceeds from that day’s dealing to worthy charities across Namibia, thereby making a significant and focused contribution to social projects of enduring benefit. When identifying charities as recipients of these proceeds, IJG has focused on certain themes across the years. These themes have in the past included Children, The Elderly and Education.  

We are pleased to be associated with the following charities, to some of which IJG has contributed Charity Dealing Day proceeds since 2002:

Christina Swart Opperman Aids Orphan Foundation Trust

Cancer Association of Namibia

www.cansa.org.za

Philidelphia Foundation for Orphans in Distress

www.namchild.gov.na

Phillipi Trust Namibia

www.philippinamibia.com

Hope Village

www.hopevillagenamibia.com

Lifeline

www.lifeline.org.za

Dagbreek School

CLaSH

Hochland Roundtable

www.roundtablenamibia.com

IWAN

www.iwan.com.na

Men on the side of the road namibia

www.msr.org.na

ADVISORY

With a track record that boasts having assisted in listing 25 of the last 30 companies and 10 of the last 12 Domestic Medium Term Note Programmes on the Namibian Stock Exchange, raising N$ 4.3 billion for its clients in the process, IJG Advisory has the depth and experience to provide its clients with a full range of corporate finance services, including valuations and restructurings, capital raising (debt & equity) and corporate finance support and debt issuance and debt restructurings.

OUR EXPERTISE

ADVISORY SERVICES

Restructuring, business plans, fair and reasonable statements, market research, financial management, project assessments and evaluation and company valuations.

CAPITAL RAISING

Initial public offers (IPOs), equity issues and private placements.

CORPORATE FINANCE

Mergers and acquisitions, BBBEE transactions, disposals, leveraged transactions and management buy-outs and buy-ins.

DEBT ISSUANCE

Debt issuance programmes (DMTNPs), market-making and debt placement.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Loan portfolio cost and risk reduction.

PRIVATISATION

Acquisition sourcing, transaction support, management and funding.

PORTFOLIO

DEBT PORTFOLIO

EQUITY PORTFOLIO

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

IJG Investment Managers is a 100% Namibian owned asset management firm offering institutional clients a wide range of investment solutions, tailored to the unique risk and return objectives of each client.

INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY

ACTIVE + PASSIVE

At IJG we weigh the merits and shortcomings of both active and passive investing approaches and make use of more cost-effective passive products in more efficient markets while making use of “best in breed” active asset managers with proven track records in markets where we believe excess returns can be consistently generated.

ASSET ALLOCATION

At IJG we believe asset allocation is the key investment decision. We carefully balance the expected returns and potential risks of each asset class to build a portfolio that has a strong probability of meeting the investor’s long-term objectives with the lowest risk profile through efficient diversification. We make use of tried and tested portfolio construction techniques, rigorous backtesting and years of experience to ensure our client's investment goals are reached.

CONSISTENCY

IJG believes that consistency is key to successful investing. We believe that a steady, consistent approach will result in the best outcomes for our clients in meeting their investment goals over time. This involves having a predetermined investment process and sticking to it, ignoring the noise of short term fluctuations and sentiment in the market.

FEES

As with any product or service, there are fees and costs attached to investing. Although fees normally seem small, costs add up and compound over time. As a result, investment fees are one of the most important determinants of investment performance. At IJG we aim to provide solutions with a total expense ratio (TER) of less than 1.5%. We don’t charge performance fees, advice fees or penalty fees and aim to provide clear and transparent pricing on all our services.

PRIVATE EQUITY

IJG Capital is our Namibia-focussed venture capital and private equity fund manager, providing equity funding, extensive expertise and strategic
know-how to Namibian businesses in order to realise superior returns for investor participants.

OUR VALUE ADD

Active Management

Our hands-on board involvement permits us to leverage our networks, apply cutting-edge business knowledge and exploit cross-sectional industry experience to co-drive strategy innovation within our portfolio companies

Advanced Analytics

Comprehensive sensitivity modelling allows us to pinpoint critical success factors, identify key risks and focus on real-life assumption testing to map out potential investees' financial and strategy needs

Tailored Equity Investments

Capital contributions into our portfolio companies are geared to optimise their funding structure and expansion strategy and include phased-in, milestone-linked investments.

OUR FUNDS AND INVESTMENT HOLDING COMPANIES

The Desert Stone Fund is a closed Namibia-focussed generalist growth capital fund with a commencement date of 14 May 2010 and a lifespan of 9 years (extendable by a further 2 years).

The IJG Frontier Investment Fund is an open generalist Namibia-focussed development capital fund with a commencement date of 1 October 2015 and a lifespan of 10 years (extendable by a further 2 years).

Namibia Infrastructure Finance Limited (NIFCO) is a private equity investment company targeting renewable energy infrastructure projects in Namibia, jointly originated and managed by IJG Capital (Pty) Ltd and Old Mutual Investment Group (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd. With initial investment capital of N$ 100 million contributed by Old Mutual and a further N$ 2,4 million contributed by IJG, NIFCO demonstrates Old Mutual’s and IJG’s commitment to responsible investment in Namibia’s infrastructure and further development for future generations.

STOCKBROKING

IJG Securities is the leading Namibian stockbroker, providing institutional investors with class-leading market research and regulatory compliance support in addition to its equity and fixed income trading services.

OUR SERVICES

EQUITY & FIXED INCOME TRADING

With all platform essentials in place (links to FTSE, I-Net Bridge, Reuters and Bloomberg), strong South African associates and a keen understanding of the equity and fixed income markets, IJG has been able to consistently exceed its natural market share, making it your go-to broker.

RESEARCH & MARKET ANALYSIS

With some of the brightest analytical minds in its fold, the IJG research team has acquired a reputation for providing cutting-edge research and discerning analyses that penetrate straight to the heart of the matter, allowing investors to make sound and well-informed decisions.

SPONSORING

From guiding you through the listings process to preparing listings documentation and ensuring tight regulatory compliance, IJG’s experience and track record as the sponsor to 50% of all listed entities on the Namibian Stock Exchange positions it as your ideal sponsoring partner.

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

The IJG Wealth Management team is committed to fully understanding your personal financial aspirations and to optimising your asset allocation across a full spectrum of financial service solutions to realise your objectives.

OUR ADVICE

FOCUSSED

We understand that permanent loss of capital, not volatility, is the true measure of investment risk and accordingly keep our eyes focussed on protecting our clients against permanent loss of capital. We minimize the effect of volatility by matching the time horizon of the investment objective with that of the investment solution.

INDEPENDENT

We will take the time to thoroughly understand your bigger picture, where you are in your life cycle, what you need and what you aspire to, to offer independent advice aimed at realising your goals. For us, advice always come first and then solutions, never the other way around.

PERSONALISED

Truly and fully understanding where you are in your journey allows us to leverage our wide array of investment solutions, which includes financial, estate, retirement and education planning tools, to tailor our services to fit your personal needs. We simply don’t do one-size-fits-all.

OUR SOLUTIONS

EDUCATION PLANNING

Our team of professionals cares about good education just as much as you and has put together a solid stable of education planning tools that will allow you to unlock the doors to top-class education for your children.

ESTATE PLANNING

Estate planning should make things as easy, smooth and fair for those you care about most. That’s exactly what we aim to do by ensuring that the right legal vehicles are used and that the estate has sufficient liquidity.

FINANCIAL PLANNING

Whatever your investment goal is, we have a range of investment solutions to meet your needs, including, but not limited to, stock portfolios, unit trusts, money market, government bonds, treasury bills and long-term insurance products.

GOVERNMENT BONDS

We tender directly to provide our clients of different sizes with very competitive rates that suits their needs. We also offer bond portfolio management solutions.

INSURANCE

Our independent long-term insurance products are there to guard you and the ones that matter most to you against the vicissitudes of an eventful and adventurous life.

MONEY MARKET

Service and competitive returns are everything in our Money Market solution. We invite you to compare our rates, you will be surprised.

OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS

Whether you wish to diversify your portfolio geopolitically or whether you would simply prefer to hold some of your assets in forex, we have vetted a suite of solutions to select the ones for you that have proved their mettle over time. This includes ZAR based offshore exposure as well as direct hard currency exposure. Solutions vary from unit trusts to bespoke direct access to a wide array of asset classes. Furthermore, we provide access to a Swiss bank account that can be linked to your investments and that is accessible as well when you travel overseas.

RETIREMENT PLANNING

Our retirement planning makes provision for discretionary as well as non-discretionary solutions to provide you with the financial independence and freedom to make the most of your retirement and fully enjoy the things you were rationed on during your working life.

STOCK PORTFOLIOS

Our managed share portfolios are underpinned by thorough research and tried and tested portfolio management principles and processes as a result of having proper asset management experience. Our trading platform is the most cost effective and flexible trading platform available to Namibians.

TREASURY BILLS

We tender directly to provide our clients of different sizes with very competitive rates that suits their needs.

UNIT TRUSTS

With access to unit trust solutions that range from conservative mandates all the way through to aggressive ones, we know where best to invest for the long term based on our own internal research.

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