Adapt, Innovate, Thrive: Takeaways from the SAVCA Venture Capital Conference 2024
Set against the stunning backdrop of Stellenbosch, the SAVCA Venture Capital Conference 2024 focused on the theme of adaptability in the face of change. This was captured in CEO Tshepiso Kobile’s opening analogy, comparing the venture capital industry’s need to evolve to LEGO’s shift from wooden toys to plastic building blocks (noting that there...
RisCura participates in another successful Day of the Girl Event
RisCura is proud to have once again supported the CFA Society South Africa’s Day of the Girl initiative, an inspiring programme that encourages young girls to explore career opportunities in the financial and investment sectors. On 8 October, five learners from Kwamfundo Senior Secondary School in Khayelitsha were welcomed at the RisCura Cape Town...
Navigating Uncertainty: Key Insights from the CFA Society South Africa 2024 Investment Conference
Industry leaders and economists gathered at the Houghton Hotel in Johannesburg for the CFA Society South Africa Annual Investment Conference. Themed, “2024: Investors at the Polls”, the event focused on global and local market shifts in light of major elections worldwide, which affect 49% of the global population according to Time. These elections...
Navigating the complex world of derivatives in pension fund management
In the intricate landscape of pension fund management, derivatives hold a unique position. They offer both opportunities for significant enhancement of returns but also the potential for considerable risk if used irresponsibly. As financial instruments, derivatives can also function as powerful tools for the hedging of risks as well as efficient strategic...
Emerging Markets Offer Unprecedented Opportunities for Investors
Cape Town — In an increasingly global investment landscape, the case for emerging markets is more robust than ever, according to Lars Hagenbuch, a product specialist at RisCura, these regions. “Emerging markets are experiencing an explosion in diversity and opportunity unlike anything we’ve seen over the last decade,” Hagenbuch noted...
Why 2024 could be the year for emerging market resurgence
According to Glenn Silverman, RisCura’s investment strategist, “Typically, when the dollar strengthens, emerging markets underperform, and when the dollar weakens, emerging markets rally. Currency weakness in most key EMs has had a significant impact on EM underperformance. However, once the US cuts its rates, the US dollar is expected to weaken,...
Why 2024 could be the year for Emerging Market (EM) resurgence
Emerging markets have seen a decade of dramatic underperformance, but their fortunes may change in 2024 once dynamics shift in the US interest rate and currency landscape, and as key elections around the world potentially move market sentiment. This was the consensus at the ‘Investing in the Dragon’s Den – Emerging Markets Outlook 2024’...
The Value of Manager Development Programs
In the latest edition of Pinnacle magazine – a publication by The Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP), Senior Portfolio Analyst Tsholofelo Kelapologile delves deeper into the Manager Development Programme (MDP) offered at RisCura. These programmes aim to help support and upskill emerging black, women managers who own...
Taking the Pulse on ESG: Navigating Long and Short Strategies
RisCura conducted a survey of South African hedge fund managers and identified a positive shift in their attitudes toward ESG integration....
Glenn Silverman weighs in on the repercussions of the growing delisting trend on the JSE for South African institutional investors
Investment strategist Glenn Silverman was recently interviewed by Phakamisa Ndzamela of Today’s Trustee as part of a feature discussing the repercussions of the growing delisting trend on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ( JSE) for South African institutional investors. While acknowledging that delistings diminish the likelihood of investment managers...