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In the third piece in our global megatrends series, we look at how technology, demographics, and an increasingly urbanised population – exacerbated by the pandemic – are influencing the buildings around us. From shops and offices to retirement and student accommodation and warehouses, investment demand is shifting from traditional property sectors towards new areas of future growth.

Early adoption of artificial intelligence in your portfolio could benefit from an investment theme that's transforming life as we know it. Chris Ford explains.

The Covid-19 pandemic put immense pressure on businesses, however some were still able to thrive. We take a look at some of our clients' businesses that were boosted by lockdown.

Welcome to our weekly newsletter, where we summarise the key market developments over the last seven days

The attractions of traditional commercial property sectors dropped significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic, whereas specialist sectors rose sharply. Although recent events have raised questions over the outlook for the sector, we explore why it is worth taking a closer look at some of the specialist areas within the sector that demonstrate clear prospects for strong long-term growth.

Only by doing things differently can one truly yield different results. The Sanlam Artificial Intelligence Fund uses a unique, proprietary AI platform to identify suitable companies. Chris Ford, fund manager, explains this process and how it’s used to seek out true alpha.

With quantitative easing and negtaive real rates the Fixed Income market has been a challenging one recently. In this short presentation Peter Doherty, Head of Fixed Income, explains the benefits of Hybrid Capital and how the Sanlam Hybrid Capital Fund could be a great Fixed Income addition to portfolios. 

Following our final Invested in the Future event about the Future of Happiness, we caught up with Miriam Akhtar to understand more about the science behind well-being and the ways we can apply these principles to our own lives in order to experience a more meaningful, satisfying existence.