Getting up to speed
With 20 years’ experience of converting from DB to DC, South Africa points the way ahead for the UK suggests Petri Greeff, RisCura It has been hard to miss. Africa has been in the media rather a lot – and with good reason. In just the last month, publications like The Economist and the Financial...
Concerns about risk and volatility risk won’t affect investment in Africa
RisCura, investment advisors specialising in emerging markets, specifically Africa, today said that the global search for yield and diversified return will continue to see investors viewing Africa with interest this year, despite industry unease about the continent. To the end of last year, the ‘MSCI EFM Africa ex ZA’ index, the most...
Pension fund investing – the specialist vs. balanced debate
From time to time the pension fund industry re-visits the question of whether the best route to achieving the optimal result is to invest in a balanced fund or opt for a series of specialist mandates. In recent years, trustees appear to have adopted the view that balanced funds offer a better solution, as indicated...
Retirement fund industry struggles with Regulation 28
The postponement of deadlines several times last year shows that retirement funds are battling to meet the reporting requirements of the revised version of Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act, which governs what these funds can hold, and in what proportions. Promulgated in February 2011, the revised version became effective on 1...
International Market Commentary: March 2013
The significant rise in world equity markets since the latter half of last year continued into the first half of March but petered out in the second half, with the MSCI World index up 2.1% for the month after being flat for February and up 5% in January. It should be noted that much of the March gain was due to strong performance in Japan and...
UK Trustees should dig a little deeper to find gold in Africa
RisCura, the investment advisors specialising in emerging markets, today advised that when reviewing the advantages of investing in Africa, trustees of UK pension schemes should make sure they, and their advisors, are looking beyond the basic stock market figures and instead at the real industry areas of growth and return. Andrew Slater, Managing Director...
Bright Africa: A look at transaction multiples across the continent
Yesterday RisCura Fundamentals launched Bright Africa, a new report that provides a uniquely comprehensive look at the price of investing across the continent. With investors from around the world looking for growth in a post-financial crisis world, the Bright Africa report demonstrates that to fully participate in the African growth story, investors...
Bright Africa: a new report from RisCura Fundamentals
CAPE TOWN – A new report, Bright Africa, provides a uniquely comprehensive look at transaction multiples across the continent. With investors from around the world looking for growth in a post-financial crisis world, the Bright Africa report demonstrates that to fully participate in the African growth story, investors need exposure to both private...
Bright Africa: A look at equity investing across the continent
Join the global launch of Bright Africa, in London RisCura's Bright Africa report aims to assist investors looking at African equity as a way to access this growth. It covers the areas of Africa showing growth and compares this to the growth of other emerging markets. The report covers the challenges of listed equity markets...
