Louis van Manen
Investment and fund management services
In today’s market, the challenge is less about raising funds and more to do with finding opportunities in which to invest. As competition drives the prices of quality investments upwards and concerns remain regarding rising interest rates, funds face the task of making investments work for them.
Nonetheless, property funds have a long and successful history as alternative investments and in the past two decades in particular, the property fund sector globally has experienced exponential growth in terms of geographic reach, diversity of commercial strategy and sophistication of product. The sector has witnessed a considerable amount of innovation and the range of investment structures available to fund has expanded.
In this continually changing landscape, our real estate fund specialists understand the changing market conditions and can elevate our clients’ strategies, helping them innovate and take advantage of commercial opportunities, both in South Africa and globally.
We provide bespoke compliance services to a wide range of real estate funds, fund sponsors and fund investors, including:
- Managing the ongoing taxation compliance, accounting and reporting function
- Responding to legislative and regulatory changes
- Ensuring that ‘best practice’ is followed and proper account is taken of changing practices by the taxation authorities
- Developing and implementing tax-efficient fund structures
- Re–engineering existing investment structures to respond to widening investment mandates and changed commercial circumstances
- Establishing ‘tax privileged’ real estate funds.
Our comprehensive assurance, advisory, tax and valuation services draw on the resources of an established national and international network, so you can be confident you will be working with experts who combine technical knowledge with invaluable experience.