Who owns Glacier?
Glacier is owned by Sanlam (South Africa, JSE: SLM).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Sanlam Limited Annual Financial Statements 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Sanlam Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Investing › Asset managers & funds
- Parent ticker
- JSE: SLM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Glacier
Glacier is a business within the Sanlam Life and Savings segment, which Sanlam's 2025 annual financial statements describe as providing investment solutions and life insurance to the middle and upper level of the market. The statements list Glacier as a separate cash-generating unit for goodwill testing.
Ownership timeline of Glacier
Where Glacier sits in Sanlam
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Sanlam
Sanlam controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in finance & insurance.
Also in finance & insurance
Other brands in asset managers & funds, and who owns them
The 9 brands in asset managers & funds on Brandtree belong to 7 owners. The largest is IFS, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Inteligo | IFS | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Nippon Life India Asset Management | Nippon Life | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Prima AFP | Credicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| AllianceBernstein | Equitable Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Fondos Fima | Grupo Galicia | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| LIC Pension Fund | LIC of India | 🇮🇳 India |
| Interfondos | IFS | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Nissay Asset Management | Nippon Life | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Sanlam
Sanlam is a publicly listed company headquartered in South Africa. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as JSE: SLM.
Sanlam Limited is a South African public company whose 2025 annual financial statements say its equity is listed on the JSE Limited, A2X and the Namibian Stock Exchange, and describe the Sanlam group as one of the largest established financial services groups in Africa. The statements list its segments as Sanlam Life and Savings (including Glacier), Pan-Africa, Asia, Sanlam Investments and Santam. They report that Sanlam held 62,35% of Santam Limited and a 51% interest in the SanlamAllianz Africa joint venture at 31 December 2025.
🇿🇦 Glacier and other South African brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 175 brands that began in South Africa. 12 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Glacier is not one of them.
- Discovery Insure — Discovery 🇿🇦
- Flash — Pepkor 🇿🇦
- OM Bank — Old Mutual 🇿🇦
- Santam Agriculture — Santam 🇿🇦
- @home — TFG 🇿🇦
- Airlink — Airlink 🇿🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Glacier?
The parent company of Glacier is Sanlam, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Africa.
Is Glacier South African?
Yes. Glacier originated in South Africa and its owner, Sanlam, is also headquartered in South Africa.
Is Glacier still owned by Sanlam?
Yes. As of 12 October 2026, Glacier is still owned by Sanlam. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Sanlam Limited Annual Financial Statements 2025 — Sanlam Limited, Annual report; retrieved 12 October 2026.
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