Avoid the narrative, not the opportunity!
Philipp Wörz | Fund Manager | PSG Asset Management | philipp.worz@psg.co.za | www.psg.co.za |
It’s easy to get caught up in market narratives.
When news...
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Crypto Tokens – Project UBU announces initial offering
Project UBU, the South African startup that’s striving to create an alternative decentralised money system distributing a universal basic income without taxing anyone, has...
Share buy-backs and dividend stripping
In the 2017 Budget, delivered by the Minister of Finance, it was proposed that additional measures will be considered to circumvent transactions where investors choose to realise their share investments by means of having the shares they hold in a company bought back and characterised as a dividend, while being paid for by means of a new investor subscribing for shares in the same company.
This followed on the back of a similar announcement in 2016, whereafter no two specific countermeasures were introduced.
Investor opportunities using S12J VCCs?
In June 2009, The Income Tax Act was amended to make provision for investors to be incentivised to invest in Venture Capital Companies (VCCs).
Retirement fund reform implementation
The next significant step in Government’s reformation of the retirement fund industry has been taken and has seen the implementation of the final retirement...
Invest offshore ‘for the right reasons’
South Africans tend to flock offshore in response to rand weakness or negative news headlines.
This is counterintuitive, costly and can destroy value.
The decision to...
African investment returns!
The euphoria of the ‘Africa rising’ narrative may have faded after slowed economic growth across the continent over the past few years, but there...
Impact of changes to economic policies
The phrase "radical economic transformation" is on everybody's lips and the international economic world is watching South African politicians to see how this phrase will play out in changes to the economic policies.
Financial advisors licensing changes
"It’s inevitable that currently authorised financial services providers are going to have to change their business models to adapt to a revised licensing framework,” says Thulani Dyasi, who works in the Banking and Financial Services Regulatory Practice Group at pan-African law firm Bowmans.
