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 lens?" To my British ears it was a little disconcerting to hear his name at all, let alone said in such measured tones. But the...
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 business development and strategic projects. Commenting on his appointment, Petri Greeff, Director for RisCura...
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 all private equity funds and to all financial instruments commonly held by private equity funds. The new Guidelines are effective for...
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 according to Prasheen Singh head of investment consultant RisCura Consulting. A successful LDI strategy targets a customised benchmark defined by...
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 analysis services, says the paucity of listed instruments in Africa (with the exception of South Africa) makes private equity...
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 capital will be required to fund that income. They then need to continually keep an eye on their funding level. This is a conceptual departure...
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 investment consultant and analytics provider RisCura, for the 3 months to end September property returned 10.98%. However, for the 12 months to end...
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 hoping to bring some twelve billion dollars to the continent. Joining ABN’s Karima Brown from Cape Town is Rory Ord, Head of RisCura Fundamentals,...
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 RisCura Consulting, which was released today. An important tool for the retirement fund industry, the Barometer tracks the performances of the global balanced portfolios...