The current muted growth environment in Africa presents a unique opportunity for private equity (PE) managers to demonstrate their expertise and generate value-add without the momentum of a commodity upswing,…

With hedge funds slowly starting to make their way onto investment platforms, the general South African public can now invest in hedge funds — for the first time ever. Previously,…

At the recent Batseta conference in Sun City, 61% of attendees at a RisCura presentation said, in answer to a spot survey, that Moody’s Investor Service would join Fitch and…

A recent report found that seven of the 10 fastest-growing internet populations are in Africa Mobile technology is rapidly transforming the way business is being conducted in Africa, particularly in…

African leaders frequently pay lip service to the virtues of regional integration, but have yet to implement any meaningful change.   One small positive step that a number of countries…

The government continues to pursue legislation that is not friendly towards investors   On Friday, 17 March 2017, President Jacob Zuma launched Invest SA, a one-stop shop service for foreign…

If followed faithfully by trustees, the revised OECD Core Principles of Private Pension Regulation, introduced late last year, will go some way to restoring public confidence in private pension funds…

Given the continued global search for yield and growth in an increasingly low-yield world, debt markets in Africa should and will attract increasing attention from institutional investors. Pensions and savings…