Turn left at Robert Mugabe
RisCura's Andrew Slater travels to Namibia to see a pension fund client, and poses the question: "Have we gone wrong in the UK to see pensions through such a distorted…
RisCura appoints Andrew Slater to meet UK pension fund interest in emerging markets
RisCura, investment advisors specialising in emerging markets, specifically Africa, today announced that they have appointed Andrew Slater as Managing Director for their UK operation. Slater will be primarily responsible for leading…
International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines – Dec 2012
A revised version of the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Valuation Guidelines (“IPEV Guidelines”) was issued on 17 December 2012. The revised Guidelines are intended to be applicable across…
Liability-driven investing the only framework for pensions
The South African pension fund industry is recognising that in today’s environment, liability driven investing (LDI) is the only viable framework to use in formulating an investment strategy. This is…
African private equity coming of age
Increased interest by international investors, and a shortage of listed companies, is bolstering private equity in Africa. Rory Ord, head of RisCura Fundamentals, which provides independent valuation, risk and performance…
Know your funding level when saving for retirement
When saving for retirement, members of defined contribution (DC) pension funds should start with a realistic look at how much income they’ll need when they retire, and what sort of…
Property the darling of the third quarter
For the third quarter of this year, property outperformed the other asset classes substantially, continuing the trend of the last few years. According to RisCUpdate, a quarterly market overview from…
Africa’s Private Equity Landscape
Africa's private equity landscape is proving more and more attractive. Competition is rising on several fronts. First time entrants are circling the region looking for assets, while fund raisers are…
Large asset managers outperform inflation
The largest asset management houses comfortably beat inflation over both one and three years to the end of October 2012. This is according to the RisCView Big 12 Barometer from…
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