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Responsible investors channel over $400 billion into Africa

18 April 2018 | General

Responsible investment in Africa continues to rise. According to the latest data from the 2017 African Investing for Impact Barometer (AIFIB), there has been an increase in investments on the continent targeting financial returns combined with positive social and environmental impacts or good governance.

Wealth investors urged to go global

17 April 2018 | General

Could offshore food and agriculture stocks be the answer to minimising local investment risk?

Standing out for the right reasons

17 April 2018 | Economy

It is ironic that the president of a communist country is now the leading voice in support of free trade and globalisation, but this is the upside-down world we live in now. In a widely anticipated speech, President Xi Jinping of China promised to further open up the world’s second largest economy to participation by foreign firms and to lower tariffs, including US-produced cars. He warned against a “Cold War mentality” and while there was nothing much new in his speech, it did calm investors’ nerves after weeks of talk of trade wars. So far it is still just talk, and world trade is largely unimpeded. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) last week forecast 4.4% growth in world trade volumes this year, after growth rose to 4.7% in 2017, the best performance in six years. However, the WTO warned that tit-for-tat trade retaliation could dent business confidence and discourage investment.