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The scam after the scam. Are curators and liquidators cashing in too hard?

18 July 2025 | The Stage

If any of your clients got mired in the Mirror Trading International (MTI) saga, then it looks almost certain they will be walking away from its liquidation empty-handed. An article penned by Ciaran Ryan and published on Moneyweb.co.za estimates that just half of the R1.1 billion recovered on behalf of investors in 2021 now remains, with its largest creditor demanding ten times the remaining pile.

A blend of active management and economic forecasting

04 July 2025 | The Stage

Global financial markets seem disconnected from reality; at least, this is the sense your writer got when reviewing returns on major stock market indices in Africa, Europe and the United States (US) to end-June 2025. The world is awash with economic and political uncertainty, yet the JSE All Share Index was up 15%, the United Kingdom’s FTSE 100 6% stronger, and the US NASDAQ and S&P500 5% higher.

Don’t die in an awkward position

24 June 2025 | Straight Talk

Every day, thousands of South Africans wake up blissfully unaware that today could be their day to go. They could be one bad decision away from tragedy. Death doesn’t choose the perfect moment. More often than not it’s unexpected – even awkward. And it doesn’t wait for you to get your affairs in order.

Policy certainty as effective as uncertainty at pushing foreign capital away from SA

20 June 2025 | Straight Talk

Key policymakers in the South African government have a major kink in their think. They cite policy uncertainty as a major deterrent to foreign direct investment into the country, when policy certainty is often as harmful a detractor. You could say, for example, that uncertainty around property rights being enshrined in expropriation legislation is as undesirable as a certainty that these rights will not be protected.

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If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

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2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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