{"id":16,"date":"2019-12-12T08:39:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T08:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/sa\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-04-09T16:55:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:55:40","slug":"think","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/","title":{"rendered":"Think"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1>Think Sarasin<\/h1>\r\n<p>View our latest insights on the matters that impact your investments<\/p>\r\n<!-- .container --><!-- .header-hero -->\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/sarasin-house-report\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iStock-827715068-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- .image-content-image-->\r\n<p>Q1 2026 HOUSE REPORT<\/p>\r\n<h2>LOOSE MONEY HARD POWER<\/h2>\r\n<p>Fresh into 2026, our latest House Report explores the themes shaping the months ahead, from the resilience of risk assets amid geopolitical tension and renewed Trump-era unpredictability, to the risks around elevated AI valuations and the payback from data-centre investment.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/sarasin-house-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the articles<\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- .image-content-content--><!-- .module-row --><!-- .container --><!-- .image-content-block --><!-- .think-featured -->\r\n<h3>Latest insights<\/h3>\r\n<!-- .think-search-->\r\n<article id=\"post-10661\"><a title=\"Banking regulation: rhetoric versus reality\" href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/banking-regulation-rhetoric-versus-reality\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Thematic-investing-350x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"284\" \/> <\/a> <!-- .entry-featured --> 16 January 2026 4 mins\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/banking-regulation-rhetoric-versus-reality\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Banking regulation: rhetoric versus reality<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<!-- .entry-header -->\r\n<p>Bank regulation is being revisited, particularly in the US, but this is more refinement than deregulation. Basel 3 is still set to push capital requirements higher, and any changes are unlikely to significantly lift bank lending. Meanwhile, higher post-Covid interest rates and resilient credit quality have driven record or near-record profitability across much of the sector.<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/banking-regulation-rhetoric-versus-reality\/\"> Read more &gt; <\/a> <!-- .entry-content --><\/article>\r\n<!-- #post-10661 -->\r\n<article id=\"post-10647\"><a title=\"Loose money, hard power\" href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/loose-money-hard-power\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ViewfromtheCMS-350x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"284\" \/> <\/a> <!-- .entry-featured --> 16 January 2026 4 mins\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/loose-money-hard-power\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Loose money, hard power<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<!-- .entry-header -->\r\n<p>The past 12 months have delivered an extraordinary sequence of geopolitical shocks, many of them coming directly or indirectly from the Trump White House. They began in April last year...<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/loose-money-hard-power\/\"> Read more &gt; <\/a> <!-- .entry-content --><\/article>\r\n<!-- #post-10647 -->\r\n<article id=\"post-10651\"><a title=\"Market regimes, and why they matter\" href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/market-regimes-and-why-they-matter\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Economist-outlook-350x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"284\" \/> <\/a> <!-- .entry-featured --> 15 January 2026 4 mins\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/market-regimes-and-why-they-matter\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Market regimes, and why they matter<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<!-- .entry-header -->\r\n<p>At Sarasin, a key part of how we assess investment opportunities - particularly within equities - is through the lens of market regimes...<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/market-regimes-and-why-they-matter\/\"> Read more &gt; <\/a> <!-- .entry-content --><\/article>\r\n<!-- #post-10651 -->\r\n<article id=\"post-10656\"><a title=\"AI: history, investment, and the economic path ahead\" href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/ai-history-investment-and-the-economic-path-ahead\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Investment-focus-350x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"284\" \/> <\/a> <!-- .entry-featured --> 15 January 2026 4 mins\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/ai-history-investment-and-the-economic-path-ahead\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">AI: history, investment, and the economic path ahead<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<!-- .entry-header -->\r\n<p>AI hype is nothing new, but only now is it beginning to fulfil its potential. It is shifting from an experiment layered on top of the economy to a core part of how the economy operates, even if the biggest breakthroughs will take time to deliver.<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/ai-history-investment-and-the-economic-path-ahead\/\"> Read more &gt; <\/a> <!-- .entry-content --><\/article>\r\n<!-- #post-10656 -->\r\n<article id=\"post-10588\"><a title=\"Six Minute Strategy: Opportunities for a fragmented world\" href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/six-minute-strategy-opportunities-for-a-fragmented-world\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/web-image-six-minute-strat-101225-350x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"284\" \/> <\/a> <!-- .entry-featured --> 11 December 2025 &lt; 1 min\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/six-minute-strategy-opportunities-for-a-fragmented-world\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Six Minute Strategy: Opportunities for a fragmented world<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<!-- .entry-header -->\r\n<p>After what had been an almost uninterrupted bull run across global equity markets following President Trump's 'Liberation Day' speech on 2 April, markets have finally paused for breath.<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/six-minute-strategy-opportunities-for-a-fragmented-world\/\"> Watch video &gt; <\/a> <!-- .entry-content --><\/article>\r\n<!-- #post-10588 -->\r\n<article id=\"post-10499\"><a title=\"UK Budget Review - Spend now, tax later\" href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/uk-budget-review-spend-now-tax-later\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/web-image-budget-25-350x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"284\" \/> <\/a> <!-- .entry-featured --> 27 November 2025 4 mins\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/uk-budget-review-spend-now-tax-later\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">UK Budget Review - Spend now, tax later<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<!-- .entry-header -->\r\n<p>Labour's budget will expand public spending and taxes significantly for a second straight year. 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Many of the targeted measures - higher taxes on pensions, dividends and savings - disincentivise investment and run counter to the government's long-term objective of\u2026<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/uk-budget-review-spend-now-tax-later\/\"> Read more &gt; <\/a> <!-- .entry-content --><\/article>\r\n<!-- #post-10499 --><!-- .think-arrange-posts --><!-- .category-load-more --><!-- .think-arrange --><!-- .think-posts --><!-- .main-content -->\r\n<h3>ESG Spotlight<\/h3>\r\n<h4>Our commitment to sustainable investment outcomes: Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative<\/h4>\r\n<p>As a long-term and responsible steward of our clients' assets, Sarasin &amp; Partners LLP\u2026<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/stewardship-post\/our-commitment-to-sustainable-investment-outcomes-net-zero-asset-managers-nzam-initiative\/\"> Read more &gt; <\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- .sidebar-post --><!-- .sidebar-contacts -->\r\n<h3>Trending<\/h3>\r\n<h4>Why thematic?<\/h4>\r\n<p>At Sarasin &amp; Partners we have long pioneered a global, thematic approach to investing.\u2026<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sarasinandpartners.com\/za\/think\/why-thematic\/\"> Read more &gt; <\/a><\/p>\r\n<!-- .sidebar-post --><!-- .sidebar-category --><!-- .sidebar-content --><!-- .module-row --><!-- .container --><!-- .events -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think Sarasin View our latest insights on the matters that impact your investments Q1 2026 HOUSE REPORT LOOSE MONEY HARD POWER Fresh into 2026, our latest House Report explores the themes shaping the months ahead, from the resilience of risk assets amid geopolitical tension and renewed Trump-era unpredictability, to the risks around elevated AI valuations...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[8],"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Think - Sarasin &amp; Partners South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Latest insights from Sarasin &amp; Partners. 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