RisCura inspires future finance leaders through Day of the Girl 2025
RisCura proudly participated once again in the CFA Society South Africa’s Day of the Girl initiative, a national programme that gives young girls a first-hand look into careers in finance and investment. On 22 October 2025, six learners from Alexander Sinton High School visited RisCura’s Cape Town office for a day of learning, mentorship, and...
Why LDI should be on every trustee’s and adviser’s radar
Liability-Driven Investment (LDI) is more than a mere strategy; it represents a commitment to preserving dignity in retirement. This is the central message of a recent Citywire article featuring insights from RisCura’s Petri Greeff. The article, titled “Why LDI should be on every trustee’s and adviser’s radar”, delves into how LDI...
RisCura launches new index to provide benchmark for African equity markets
The African equity market, while offering significant growth potential, has historically faced challenges in terms of readily available and representative benchmarking tools for investors. The need for accurate and reliable indices to gauge market performance and inform investment decisions has long been recognised. As investor interest in African markets...
Navigating China’s evolving investment landscape
The Chinese equity market presents a unique set of complexities for institutional investors, characterised by its significant scale, data nuances, and inherent volatility. Successfully navigating this landscape demands a sophisticated understanding of local dynamics and a rigorous approach to investment management. As the global investment community...
Empowering the Next Generation of Private Equity Leaders
The private equity (PE) industry is one of the most dynamic and competitive sectors in investing. With its potential to shape industries and impact economies globally, it’s no wonder that many aspiring professionals look to PE as the pinnacle of a successful investment career. However, succeeding in private equity requires more than just technical...
Understanding wildfire risk
This year started off with a series of wildfires in the US and closer to home in the Table Mountain National Park. In this article, we’ll look at how climate change has influenced the behaviour of wildfires globally, and how these wildfires impact not just people, but portfolios. The relationship between wildfires and climate...
Decent work in a changing climate: Addressing unemployment and ensuring a just transition in South Africa
In this article we will touch on some news stories that help us to understand the scale of the unemployment problem facing the country as well as potential solutions and opportunities for impact investors. The articles discuss the importance of decent work, in alignment with the 8th Sustainable Development Goal, that is, not just creating...
ESG Integration in South African hedge funds: from lip service to real action (or not?)
The rise of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations in finance has been meteoric, and South African hedge funds are no exception. To assess attitudes towards ESG integration and benchmark the South African hedge fund landscape against international standards, RisCura conducted a survey of South African hedge funds. This survey...
Introducing the RisCura Africa RealView Index (RARI): A new benchmark for African equity markets
RisCura is proud to launch the RisCura Africa RealView Index (RARI), a pioneering benchmark designed to offer investors a transparent and reliable measure of African equity markets, excluding South Africa. As African markets continue to evolve, RARI addresses the need to accurately reflect their unique opportunities and challenges....