Things have changed massively in Nigeria since this year’s Presidential Election, and the broad consensus on Nigerian stocks from foreign investors is still very bearish, writes Tim Staermose of ST Funds Management. Hence, our December market feature is focused on Nigeria. Read on pp.14-15 whether this West African country can regain Its place among the top destinations in Africa for equity Investors.

In this month’s issue we also hear from Satrix’s Kingsley Williams and Nico Katzke on why rules-based funds will continue to dominate future flows. They said that they’ve seen up to half of all flows in the high equity balanced fund segment going to rules-based strategies in the last year. Read more about the Satrix Balanced Index Fund and more on pp.16-17.

In addition, this month we caught up with Arjuna Costa, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Flourish Ventures to discuss its latest fund and the current state of investments in Africa’s fintech. Read on p.22.

On the fundraising front, BluePeak Private Capital has reached final closing at $156m for its inaugural private capital fund, BluePeak Private Capital Fund SCSp. More on p.4.