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Marcel Golding.

A royal time for Rex Trueform?

But its diversification ambitions face hurdles

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MICHAEL AVERY: How to get the economy growing

How to unleash South Africa's potential

The R21bn extravagance of Sanlam’s simpler corporate structure

Ultimately, Sanlam wants all of a very good business

Peresec’s Spar purchase: The smart money is on A² Investment Partners

Spar shares surge as hopes of a turnaround specialist ignite

Why Joburg is losing its dollar millionaires

Cape Town is set to become the continent’s wealthiest city

Changing Regulation 28: A solution looking for a problem

Forcing investments to stay at home would make savers poorer

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PODCAST: Inside Africa’s largest pension fund custody mandate

Hazel Khumalo of Absa explains the custodian role

Why private equity exits are taking longer

RMB Corvest CEO Mike Donaldson explains why exits are taking longer and how patient capital provides a distinct advantage

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Carl Fredrik Sammeli.

From Swedish sabbatical to backyard bet

How Carl Fredrik Sammeli turned backyards into a business

TIM COHEN: A genius idea for a pot of boodle

How to Solve SA’s R51bn unclaimed pensions problem

MARC HASENFUSS: Adding ambition to the packaging sector

Remgro’s soaring Discovery holding, plus Transpaco and Bowler Metcalf could be ripe for a tie-up

Leigh Kohler, Head: INN8 Invest.

Why DFMs are the new competitive advantage for South African advisers

Access to institutionalised portfolio structuring has become financial advisers’ new fund selection

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A boomer boom for the V&A Waterfront  

The V&A Waterfront and Growthpoint Properties are expanding into luxury 'later living'.

Can Reits keep rolling?  

South African listed property has outperformed general equities and bonds, with strong investor sentiment and dividend growth. But experts debate whether this rally can be…

MARC HASENFUSS: Piecing together a picture of Reinet’s AGM

Reinet's AGM revealed its commitment to preserving its substantial cash pile.

Christo Wiese. Picture: BLOOMBERG

Wiese backs Brait’s endgame, Mianzo bets on Spar turnaround

Christo Wiese injects R981m into Brait’s endgame, while Mianzo builds a significant stake in Spar’s turnaround.

TIM COHEN: The mystery of the meandering mastheads

Some of South Africa's once-iconic newspaper titles — the Cape Times, Pretoria News, The Star, The Witness and others — have grown tarnished in recent years.

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The many ways gold is misunderstood

Gold doesn’t really rise or fall: currencies do. A different way of looking at the world’s oldest store of value

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The bank deal that isn’t. Really. But what if …? 

Don’t get excited by the Standard Bank stakes in Nedbank and Investec. But SA may not be immune to a new wave of banking mergers

Rademeyer Vermaak Stanlib

The robot soccer fundi revamping South African investment

The days of a fund manager staring at a balance sheet then making impulsive decisions based on gut-feel are over, argues Stanlib’s Rademeyer Vermaak