This year’s list of must-have stocks for the year ahead is a collaborative view from a range of business leaders within the Sanlam Private Wealth team.
Public financial management reform can play a crucial role in helping African governments achieve their economic growth and development goals, thereby building Africa Inc, says Joe Cosma, Government & Infrastructure Leader for Africa at EY.
A decade of economic expansion has left Africa well placed for the future, says EY’s Joe Cosma .But challenges remain to create the jobs and growth that will lift ever greater numbers of Africans out of poverty.
Bilateral investment treaties provide foreign investors with a degree of comfort and protection against challenges of doing deals in Africa, says Greg Stonefield, Partner at Mayer Brown.
Africa Global Funds catches up with Stuart Bradley, Senior Partner at Phatisa, to discuss the African Agriculture Fund (AAF) and opportunities in the African food value chain. The AAF is a food and agri focused pan-African private equity fund, managed by Phatisa. The fund final closed at $246m and has a current portfolio of 16 investments (including follow-on) across 12 African countries.
Seelan Gobalsamy, CEO of STANLIB, discusses his role and the future of the asset management business.
The recent research undertaken by TABB Group at SunGard’s request, has revealed that regulation is the greatest threat to success for boutique asset management firms. AGF catches up with Brian Anderson, head of business development, Africa at SunGard, to discuss the situation in South Africa.
The International Accounting Standards Board recently released a new accounting standard on financial instruments. The new standard, called IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, addresses financial instruments and is applicable to asset managers and investment funds who prepare their financial statements in accordance with IFRS.
The listed property sector continues to show significant outperformance, despite property funds operating in a challenging environment. However, this degree of relative outperformance is not sustainable.
Fundraising by Africa-focused private equity has rebounded after the global financial crisis, buoyed by support from the international development finance institutions, according to UN ECA.
Africa will be trading predominantly with partners from the South by 2020, the African Development Forum has revealed.
South Africa is in the unfortunate position of being very dependent on the actions of the US Fed and the Chinese authorities, meaning that the SA Reserve Bank cannot focus purely on domestic factors when setting interest rates, according to Izak Odendaal, Investment Analyst at Old Mutual Wealth.
