Pedro M. Samuel

Balondolozi Investment Services (Pty) Ltd. (Balondolozi) is an independent hedge fund management firm headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. The firm was founded by Pedro Samuel in 2010. They offer quantitative investment products managed on behalf of institutional (corporations, labor unions, public pension funds, municipalities, medical aids, etc.) and retail clients (principally individuals and small organizations). Balondolozi is signatories to UN PRI and CRISA.

Metropolitan Asset Managers Ltd. (MetAM) is the wholly-owned subsidiary of MMI Holdings Ltd. (JH: MMI) in South Africa. Initially functioning as the investment arm of the Metropolitan Life Group, MetAM is a multi-specialist investment management firm which was created in 1997. Located in Cape Town, the firm manages money for institutional and retail investors through a wide range of segregated and pooled investment products. MetAM regards social investment as their national duty and a practice of good corporate citizenship and aims to give back to the community by creating capacity and providing resources to social institutions in need.

Prescient Investment Management (Pty) Ltd. (PIM) is the investment management subsidiary of Prescient Holdings (Pty) Ltd., itself is a subsidiary of PBT Group Ltd. (JSE: PBG) in South Africa. The firm was founded by Herman Steyn and Guy Toms in 1998. Headquartered in Cape Town, PIM manages money on behalf of retirement funds and vehicles, medical aid schemes, corporate entities, trusts, and individuals.