Supporting many of the world’s leading families and wealth creators across generations and geographies

Really delighted

to be here at our annual Stomach Fleming Family Conference

in the beautiful Stellenbosch area.

Earlier in the week we were in Durban and Langer

and also Johannesburg.

And just fantastic to see

and to connect with our clients, friends of our firm, uh,

colleagues around South Africa,

and also colleagues from the uk.

At the heart of what we do at Stonehage Fleming is really

to help successful families to protect

and then also to manage

and to enhance their wealth, importantly across generations

and very often across geographies as well.

So with this in mind, we carefully select the sessions

for these conferences by engaging with the families

that we are very fortunate to serve

and understanding what is relevant

and topical for them to discuss.

And we find a really good balance between firstly,

the protection of wealth, which is more the family office

side, the family governance, uh, succession structures,

and then also the management

and enhancement of wealth,

which is the investment management both on

and offshore cross border.

And also important for us to, to,

to engage the next generation.

It's ultimately about understanding our clients better and,

and listening to the next generation to understand the needs

and requirements for us to adjust

accordingly to help our families.

South Africa remains, uh, absolute key geographic area

for the Stan and climbing group.

25% of our staff across 14

geographies are based in South Africa, across Johannesburg,

Cape Town and Stellenbosch,

including client management teams, specialist teams,

and also client and business support teams.

So with our origins in South Africa and a truly unique

and valued and growing client base, we absolutely continue

to invest in, in South Africa and,

and grow our presence in the area.

We are also really excited about the new GNU government.

We got onto the right track, uh, just

before the election and the new government.

And we think coming off a low base, if we can get more

of the basics right and, and see more of the public

and private sector investment that we anticipate

around 4% more this year than the previous year.

We think things can snowball nicely

and we can see more confidence

and foreign investors coming back into

South Africa, South Africa.

We've been well known for our offshore

expertise and experience.

So we have over the years, especially the last 15 years,

really invested in, in developing a high caliber team

and offering in South Africa,

and are ideally positioned now to look

after our clients, both on and offshore.