Momentum Asset Management continues to strengthen investment capabilities

Pretoria - Momentum Asset Management (MAM) is entering an exciting new chapter - one that builds on a strong foundation and enhances our global investment capabilities to deliver even greater value for clients.

Since Momentum Group’s acquisition of the award-winning Crown Agents Investment Management (CAIM), we have built a powerful platform with investment teams spanning South Africa and the United Kingdom. Under the leadership of global industry veteran Roberts Grava, CEO of MAM since 2024 and CAIM since 2000, we are now formalising and accelerating what has already been underway: closer collaboration between our global teams to harness shared expertise and diverse perspectives, with a unified investment philosophy.

As part of our continued commitment to enhancing our fixed income investment capability, we are implementing several strategic leadership and research enhancements.

Roberts Grava, Chief Executive Officer of Momentum Asset Management says: “This next phase is centred on what truly differentiates us: delivering global expertise with a local focus, in a more integrated, deliberate, and scalable way.”

Strengthening global alignment while preserving accountability

A key milestone in this evolution is the appointment of Slawomir Soroczynski as our Global Chief Investment Officer for Fixed Income.

With extensive experience in fixed income, foreign exchange and emerging markets, Slawomir adds extra firepower to our leadership team. 

Here’s what this means:

• No change to our portfolio management model. Our seasoned portfolio managers in South Africa and London remain fully accountable for their portfolios.
• Better, faster insights. The Global CIO role ensures active sharing of ideas and opportunities across regions, driving consistency, innovation and quality in every investment decision.

Enhancing governance and research depth

• We are also lifting our research capability to the next level: Nicolette Plaatjies has been appointed as our Head of Credit Research. With over 26 years of experience, she will lead an independent team that not only maintains our high analytical standards, but also continues to evolve our methodologies, unlocking deeper insights to support investment decision-making.

This step reinforces an investment platform built on robust governance, independence and depth of expertise – essential in today’s complex markets.

Moving forward with momentum

According to Grava, “These developments form part of a broader strategy to strengthen investment excellence across Momentum Asset Management. We will continue to invest in our other specialist capabilities, including our systematic strategies, and look forward to sharing further developments in due course.”

Continues Grava: “Momentum Asset Management is a business that is evolving from strength to strength, delivering global scale, local insight, deep expertise, and disciplined execution.

“We believe these changes position us to continue delivering consistent, risk-aware performance and long-term value for our clients in an increasingly complex global environment,” concludes Grava.