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Global financial crisis hangover may return to haunt investors - economist

21 November 2018 | Economy

It’s been over a decade since the start of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), and markets have rebounded spectacularly in the years that have followed.

Brexit bungles and oil stumbles

20 November 2018 | General

Another eventful week and we are closer to the end of what has been a dreadful year for local investors. Locally, headlines were dominated by the decision of the parliamentary constitutional review committee to proceed with an amendment to explicitly allow for land expropriation without compensation (EWC). This was expected and therefore largely ignored by the markets. The big question instead is under which circumstances EWC will be applied.

The First Shariah Compliant Section 12J Fund in SA

20 November 2018 | General

According to the Morningstar Fund Rating Agency’s statistics, the top three Shariah Compliant Unit Trust Funds in South Africa - with a combined market capitalization of more than R10bn- have performed relatively poorly over the last five years with average annualised returns of 3.9%, 4.7% and 7% respectively. Moreover, investing directly into these Unit Trusts does not offer investors any income tax breaks.

Two Big Private Equity Players Merge To Form New BEE Investment Fund For Medium-Sized Enterprises

19 November 2018 | General

A new majority black controlled private equity fund, New Seasons Investment Fund (“the Fund”), has been launched following the merger of two respected private equity fund companies – New Seasons Investment Holdings and Nodus Equity.

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