STANLIB is a South African asset manager based in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg which is a wholly owned subsidiary of JSE-listed Liberty Holdings Limited.

[2] It is the biggest unit trust company by market share, managing capital for over 400,000 clients.

It runs the oldest existing unit trust in South Africa which was developed by Liberty.

STANLIB's predecessor was incorporated in 1862 when the Standard Bank of British South Africa was founded in London.

Later in 2006, a distribution and client support function was established in the UK, in order to offer products suitable for international investors.