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Property Activities  
  Leading fund and asset manager, seeking selective trading opportunities  
         
  Scope of activities  
 
Property Projects (trading and development)
Property Investments
Property Fund Management
Property Services
 
     
  Note:  
  For most of the period under review our Property business in South Africa included the above activities. With effect from October 2007, the South African fund management and services businesses were sold to Growthpoint (refer to the salient features of our results) and the core focus of our South Africa Property business for the remainder of the year included on balance sheet trading and development activities and third party asset management and investment.  
   
  Strategic focus  
  UK and Europe  
  We are making progress in expanding our property model in the UK to include property fund management, investment, trading and development. We are aligning the strategic focus of the UK business with that of South Africa.  
     
  South Africa  
  Property Fund Management  
  Our strategy has been to:  
 
Grow assets under management.
Pursue the strategic acquisition and development of individual properties and portfolios.
 
     
  Property Services  
  Prior to the sale of these businesses to Growthpoint, the strategic objective was to grow in line with the fund management business.  
     
  Property Projects  
  Our strategy is to:  
 
Source development and trading opportunities to create value and trade for profit within agreed risk parameters.
 
     
  Property Investments  
  Our strategic objectives are to:  
 
Substantially increase our assets under management.
Attract foreign investment into South African listed property equities.
Develop international property capabilities and products.
 
     
  Australia  
  Property Fund Management and Property Projects  
  Our strategic objectives are to:  
 
Take advantage of opportunities, including the acquisition of development properties, short-term property trading, specialised properties and long-term investment properties.
Acquire properties with value-add potential through redevelopment and/or property repositioning.
Align with appropriate partners to leverage their expertise.
 
     
  Capital raisings and Investments  
  Our strategy is to:  
 
Engage in capital raisings to enable us to invest in further property opportunities within our Opportunity Fund and through the creation of other funds.
Create investment opportunities for our wholesale clients whilst growing assets under management.
 
     
  Management structure  
 
Global Head of Property Activities Sam Hackner
   
UK and Europe  
Regional Head Angelique de Rauville
   
South Africa  
Regional Head Sam Leon
Property Projects Robin Magid
Property Investments Angelique de Rauville
Finance Dave Donald
   
Australia  
Regional Heads Graeme Katz
Tamara Williams
   
 
     
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