Alternative Real Estate hosts the facilities to service Segregated Individuals both locally and offshore. Depending on individual investor’s goals and risk/return profiles, Alternative Real Estate is able to accommodate all individuals seeking exposure to listed real estate markets.

 Segregated Portfolio’s – Local

Through segregated portfolios, Alternative Real Estate is able to offer investors:

  1. Structured lending against share portfolios.
  2. Commercial property valuation services.
  3. Debt advisory services on equity portfolios and physical commercial property assets.
  4. Derivative structuring to hedge exposure to specific shares, indexes or a portfolio of shares.
  5. Individually mandated structured funds that are capable of gearing and making use of derivative instruments.
  6. Individually mandated segregated portfolios that are capable of gearing both locally and offshore.

Segregated Portfolio’s – Offshore

Alternative Real Estate is pleased to announce its ability to open segregated investment accounts for clients looking for exposure to REITs that are listed in markets outside of South Africa. Since, the relaxation of the foreign investment allowance, private individuals are now allowed to externalise R10 million annually. This has allowed Alternative Real Estate to cost-effectively open segregated brokerage accounts for each client in his/her own name.

Prior to this relaxation, investors seeking offshore exposure generally used the mechanism of an “asset swap” to externalise funds. This came with its own cost and generally required investors seeking offshore exposure to invest collectively with others via a fund, meaning investors could not tailor underlying investments to suit their needs. Furthermore, investors were unable to leverage their offshore portfolios.

In addition to now being able to manage bespoke offshore portfolios denominated in major currencies, Alternative Real Estate is able to arrange leverage against securities held in client offshore portfolios. Should a client wish to access to leverage, an indication of recent financing rates achieved is as follows:

CurrencyAmount of financingIndicative Funding Rate
USD> USD 1 000 000*4.630%**
EUR> EUR 1 000 000*2.729%**
GBP> GBP 1 000 000*4.848%**
AUD> AUD 1 000 000*4.655%**
CAD> CAD 1 000 000*3.175%**
Note:
* For financings on lower amounts than indicated above, individual quotations will be provided on request.
** Subject to change in accordance with base reference rates applicable in various jurisdictions.
Subject to acceptable collateral and minimum spread of counters in portfolio.

For more information on offshore segregated portfolios and financing thereof, please email us at info@altre.co.za.