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Whats the point of the equity market?

09 October 2018 | Equities

The number of companies listed on the world’s stockmarkets has collapsed in the last twenty years. Since 1996, the number of public companies in the USA has fallen from roughly 8,000 to 4,000, and in the UK from 5,000 to 2,500. Part of the explanation of this is that the number of new companies seeking a market listing in the US has come down from over 300 a year before 2000 to just over 100 since. South Africa presents a similar picture, with a halving in the number of listed companies.

South Africa joins global impact investing body

08 October 2018 | General

A new National Task Force for Impact Investing administered by the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the UCT Graduate School of Business is set to give Africa a crucial voice in the global impact investing conversation and unlock meaningful benefits for the continent.

etfSA.co.za - Sept Monthly Performance Survey

04 October 2018 | ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds)

SEPTEMBER 2018 – etfSA.co.za MONTHLY SOUTH AFRICAN ETF, ETN AND UNIT TRUST PASSIVE INDEX TRACKING PERFORMANCE SURVEY Mike Brown, Managing Director, etfSA.co.za

The road from Red October

02 October 2018 | General

An old Afrikaans poem refers to October as the most beautiful month, but ten years ago the global financial crisis was in full swing and September and October of 2008 were anything but pretty. The collapse of Lehman Brothers on 15 September 2008 moved the credit crisis into a dangerous new phase as interbank lending markets froze.

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