Maiden Cardinal Asset Management Group (Pty) Ltd is a; Contrarian Investment, Financial Supply Chain and Fund Management Provider with Three main business pillars namely, Boutique Asset Management, Trade & Advisory and Investment & Finance. As a Value Creation Orientated Investment Manager, whose Model fosters Transparency, Good Corporate Governance, and an alignment of Interests on Fund Economics Guidance, Key Person Provision, LPAC Responsibility and Fiduciary Duties; this imputes allows us to pursue a diverse platform of alpha seeking-active, index and cash management strategies across asset classes which allows us to tailor investment outcomes, asset allocation solutions and correlations in single-and-multi asset class portfolios complementing a breadth of investment strategies including market-cap weighted index, smart beta & factor based high conviction alpha and liquid to illiquid alternative product offerings, enhancing our ability of moderating risk while operating in a global marketplace impacted by stochastic market dynamics.
We are Molded around what we call the three We's of Zero Investment Defect.
We aspect into driving outstanding results for our Lp's and Clients by deploying Capital and Ideas that help Our Portfolios to both Grow and Succeed through a solution orientated Active Approach that drives better performance on a risk adjusted basis.
We Standby an endeavored Scaled and Diversified Business Model that's correlated with an appropriate investment performance & strategy alongside durable customer relations (TCF) and principled risk management strategies while in pursuit of Alpha over a benchmark or Beta with minimal tracking errors.
We strive to continue to position our performance well enough into a variety of market conditions while endeavoring to expand our Assets Under Management.
By Expanding the Efficient Frontier.
Our Mean Variance Optimization is modified to obtain Geometric Mean Frontier (GMF)
How Do We Maximize the Efficient Frontier?
Efficient Frontier is conceptualized within MPT representing a set of portfolios that can achieve the highest expected return for a given level of risk (or the lowest risk for a given expected return) and adding Alternatives to such a portfolio expands this frontier, improving risk-adjusted returns
Alternatives exhibit lower or even negative correlations with traditional assets while reducing portfolio volatility through diversification while their strategies aim to capture inefficiencies in private markets with the goal of achieving higher potential returns and its premium helping push the efficient outward. These strategies perform well across various economic cycles as PE performs well during growth cycles; Infrastructure offers stability and income during inflationary periods and Hedge Funds exposure provides protection during recessions.
The global alternatives market stood at approximately $3 Trillion in 2003 in AUM with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 10% by 2021 to $13 Trillion and this has allowed Alternatives to morph from niche investments into fundamentals.
The Alternatives market is geared for global expansion with total global AUM expected to reach $23 Trillion by 2026 and a further 8.7% by 2028 reaching an astounding $25 Trillion representing an anticipated 18 - 24% of the global investible market by 2025 with allocation targets now reaching as high as 50%, compared to a minute 10% a decade ago.
Alternatives as a Percentage of the Global Investible Market
We attest to A High Qualitative Managerial Strait through Legislative Compliances, Hands-On Approach and Accountability for All of Our Corporate Actions. The Company deploys and adopts the Three Line of Defense Model to Mitigate and Assess Risk.
Excess Return Per Unit of Risk
To Mull Into A Pinnacle Fiduciary and Conduit For Finance & Human Development.
Consistency | Character | Acumen
Internally.
MCCII is a broad-market commodity index compromised of liquid commodities from three major sectors: Energy, Metals, and Livestock & Agriculture. The sectors are equally weighted within the index and are rebalanced.
MCCPI measures commodity performance through futures and is a production-weighted index.
MCESII indices are market capitalisation weighted and float-adjusted, where each securities weight in the index is proportional to its float-adjusted market value.
MCFII indices are market value weighted, where each bond's weight in the index is proportional to its market value.
MCESG is the Maiden Cardinal ESG rating and methodology carbon accounting & sustainable finance metric which enables our investments to report their climate impact relying on both business data and emissions factors.
The MCDMII (Maiden Cardinal Digital Markets Indices Index) market indices measures the performance of digital assets listed on trading facilities ("exchanges") including the markets defined in the internal Eligibility Criteria.
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