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IFSA

  • The Making of Prosperity

    IFSA offers IFA’s and private investors access to expert-driven, transparent strategies designed to

    minimise volatility and maximise growth. Our wisdom empowers you to build lasting prosperity with clarity and confidence.

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About

Together, our core team has over six decades of combined experience growing prosperity for investors, independent financial advisors, and private, family-owned businesses.

We specialise in developing potential to its fullest – delivering exceptional, long-term investment growth, with low market volatility.

Welcome to results beyond returns. We look forward to helping your investment grow.

IFSA is a South African-based asset management investment firm that creates bespoke solutions for investors and independent financial advisors (IFAs).

It offers a range of services and access to numerous funds with the goal of delivering exceptional, long-term growth with a focus on low market volatility.

Meet The Team

THE RAIN MAKER

My name is Frikkie. I am the founding director of IFSA – responsible for the overall business performance of IFSA and its private equity funds.

I am actively involved in several businesses that we invest in – guiding growth hands-on, and providing leadership, expertise, and overarching insight.

When the clouds turn grey, I am at my happiest. You will find me coming up with big ideas and clear-cut strategies. On sunny days, you often find me spending time with my family, or enjoying a round of golf with our clients.

THE BEAN COUNTER

My name is Gerdouw. My focus is on investment recommendations, allocation of assets and managing of underlying investments in private equity funds that we manage, local and international.

From financial and tax due diligence to financial modelling, acquisition valuations and investment negotiations. You will find me seated on the board of directors of multiple companies connected to the private equity funds – optimizing finance and operations and asking the hard questions.

When not, I’m on a fly fishing breakaway or travelling with friends and family. 

Real Relationships


Our team offers a personalised range of services to investors, independent financial advisors, and SMMEs. When it comes to private equity, we keep things up close and personal. Because we know that few things are more personal than the businesses people build. That’s why we place an emphasis on fostering real relationships and being human about everything we do.

Frequently asked questions

Improved business operational efficiencies and higher corporate growth rates can potentially lead to much higher investment returns.

At IFSA, we play a unique role in the financial landscape and the global economy. In contrast to traditional asset classes, private equity (PE) refers to the capital required to invest in growing a business. Private equity helps clients unlock long-term gains through operational improvements. It results from active governance and investing in business growth.

We serve on the board of directors of the businesses we invest in. And not only from a capital or business growth point of view. We are also active investors in our own funds – the Cornerstone Capital Private Equity and Cornerstone Capital International Funds.

Without exception, we believe in putting our money where our words are. Being on the board of directors gives us, as financial managers, a far greater ability to control outcomes, which equals less volatility and more secured returns.

Private equity is making waves worldwide. A recent article published on Forbes indicates that private equity enterprises are set to grow exponentially over the next couple of years. Cementing the growth phenomenon is no other than Deloitte, reporting that global PE assets under management will reach $5.8 trillion by 2025.

Still, with private equity being a relatively new topic of investor interest, many questions have yet to be answered before widespread critical mass kicks in. For this reason, we encourage new and existing clients to connect with us directly to discuss challenges and expectations candidly. As specialists in family-owned (and operated) businesses, our team has the knowledge and experience to enhance growth and profitability by designing bespoke private equity solutions for competent entrepreneurs.

In terms of selecting a private equity investment partner you can trust, another sharp shift in management style is the way we go about resolving challenges. At IFSA, we have found that the best way to mitigate challenges, whether planned or unplanned, is to chase down the issue at hand and deal with it in the most direct way possible.

The practice of safeguarding and developing potential runs much deeper than the financial aspect of investing. However, one thing that remains universal about potential, irrespective of which aspect you choose to focus on, will be this – we’ll never know the value of true potential until we push ourselves to uncover it.

From a business model point of view, we exist to protect true potential from the risks of success. And although no investment is without risk, we go the distance to ensure that your money is safe. As a firm and a people, we are personally invested in every part of the process – from managing investments to growing a business. In addition, we offer superb guidance on how to best manage legal processes behind each transaction.

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