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Ms. Liezel Louw, CFA, is a Portfolio Manager at Taquanta Asset Managers Pty Ltd.
Ms. Louw joined Taquanta in 2010 as a Client Relationship Manager and was appointed Head of the CRM team in 2011, a role she held until December 2015, after which she transitioned to her current role.
Over the past couple of years, she has been part of the team managing low duration fixed income portfolio and has recently joined the long-dated bond team, where she is part of the team looking after nominal, inflation-linked as well as LDI portfolios.
Ms. Louw started her career in 2003 as a Financial Manager in the retail industry.
After this, she shifted her focus to the investment industry.
Positions included middle and back office work at Grainvest Futures and working as a pricing analyst at State Street South Africa.
From 2006 to 2009, she worked as a Vice President – Structured Finance at Maples Finance in the Cayman Islands.
This position included providing directorship, fiduciary and administration services, to a number of special purpose vehicle companies.
She holds a B.Com Honors in Financial Management from the University of Pretoria and was awarded a CFA Charter in 2008.
Liezel Louw active positions
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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. | Portfolio Manager-Equities | 2015-11-30 |
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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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