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Independent financial services group, Novare Holdings, has announced the establishment of a newly formed subsidiary, Novare Investment Solutions, which will facilitate expansion of the range of investment products the group offers to clients.
Attention is being drawn to the pension fund and insurance sectors as a way of mobilising funds for long-term investment into infrastructure.
Selloffs can be sudden and scary, especially when they seem to come from out of the blue. Such has been the case with the bout of volatility in global equity markets that followed Argentina’s surprise devaluation of its currency, combined with longer-term investor worries about China’s growth and the impact of a shift in US monetary policy.
Africa as an investment destination has been receiving a lot of attention in the popular press as international investors are increasingly scanning the globe in search of yield. The presence of more accommodative monetary policies globally has resulted in large amounts of liquidity in global financial markets. In the current low interest rate environment in developed markets, investors are more and more forced into a risk-on mind-set in order to generate decent real returns. This is where Africa with its higher economic growth and the potential for higher investment returns has captured the attention of money managers. There are a number of major trends that have resulted in making an allocation to Africa an attractive option.
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