Breaking down barriers: empowering women in asset management.
Director at global investment firm RisCura, Prasheen Singh, says challenging gender stereotypes and unconscious biases is critical to creating a more diverse and inclusive asset management industry. The progress the asset management industry has made in promoting gender equality needs to be celebrated, but there is still a long way to go. This...
RisCura wins Asset TV Audience Choice Award 2022
Asset TV reports that the roundtable discussion on Impact Investing for institutional investors featuring Monika Kraushaar and other experts was the most watched in its category in 2022. Watch here...
Chinese equities are at a turning point
Justin Brown reports that Chinese equities are at a critical moment after two years of turmoil....
2022 Star Selectors – Glenn Silverman
Glenn Silverman has been named as one of Citywire South Africa’s 2022 Star Selectors. Read more here....
Innovation is key for African pensions
Michael Avery of Classic Business interviewed Gerald Gondo on the need for African pension funds to leverage technology to expand formal retirement provisions to more people....
Fitting investment benchmarks to individuals
Simon Brown of MoneywebNow interviewed Jonathan Brummer to discuss the risks of using inflation as a benchmark for investment performance....
According to the Bright Africa Pensions research, innovation is key
Findings of the recent Bright Africa Pensions research highlight the need for African policymakers to look at ways to innovate formal and informal savings. This is needed to accelerate the well-known positive impact that domestic investments can have on African economic growth. Mobile technology, innovation, early adoption and a youthful and economically...
Don’t cancel China; sell-off is an over-reaction by foreigners
– Faisal Rafi, Head of Global Research at RisCura, and published in the Business Day. Keep calm and carry on: Geopolitical risk is already priced into Chinese equities China’s hugely anticipated 20th Party Congress in October concluded with Xi Jinping securing a third term as the party leader and an extensive reshuffle of the politburo....
A Fund to boost Women in Finance (and the world)
An inclusive investment industry is essential to investing for a better world Progress on gender diversity within the global financial services industry is lagging. New research shows that the percentage of female fund managers has flatlined in 2022 at 12% globally, increasing by a mere 1.7% since 2016. “Progress on gender diversity within the global...
Business Day, Opinion
Faisal Rafi was recently invited by Business Day to share his opinion on the recent sell-off of Chinese equities following the re-election of Xi Jinping as President of P.R. China. Read more here...