David Kop

3 weeks ago | citywire.com | Jaco Visser |Justin Adam Brown |Eleanor Becker |David Kop

Seven of the 12 exchange-traded product (ETP) issuing houses in existence during the year ending December 2024 were among the 21 winners of the annual South African Listed Tracker Awards or the ‘Saltas’. The awards celebrate excellence among issuers of South African ETPs. At a function held at the JSE on Thursday evening, Satrix won 10 of the awards. 10X Investments received three awards; Absa, 1nvest and UBS each garnered two; FNB and Sygnia each received one. Already have an account?

3 weeks ago | citywire.com | David Kop |RUAN JOOSTE |Jaco Visser |Justin Adam Brown

Brokerage firms, the critical intermediaries that connect investors to the stock exchanges, are vanishing at an alarming rate. Over the past decade, debilitating compliance costs and shrinking margins have forced numerous brokers to close shop or consolidate. The result is a market that is increasingly difficult and expensive for retail and institutional traders to access.

3 weeks ago | citywire.com | David Kop |Justin Adam Brown |RUAN JOOSTE |Jaco Visser

Old Mutual Investment Group (Omig) believes the loss of African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) benefits to South Africa would have a minimal impact on local GDP. ‘The actual impact on GDP would be quite low,’ Omig portfolio manager Meryl Pick (pictured above) said during a media conference. ‘From the research, we’ve looked at between six and 10 basis points of overall GDP.’Last year, research by the Brookings Institution found that if SA lost its Agoa benefits, its GDP would decline by 0.06%.

3 weeks ago | citywire.com | David Kop |Jaco Visser |RUAN JOOSTE |Justin Adam Brown

Schroders, with £777.4bn (R18.8tn) of assets under management, sees signs of recovery in global real estate. The resurgence of global real estate is welcome as the asset class has performed miserably over the past couple of years. The S&P Global Property index, which tracks 815 real estate companies, posted an annualised loss of 2.78% in dollars in the three years to the end of March. When dividends are stripped out, the gauge declined 6.65% a year over the same period.

1 month ago | citywire.com | Justin Adam Brown |RUAN JOOSTE |Eleanor Becker |David Kop

FundHub, Personal Finance, ProfileData and Morningstar have all made award announcements over the last few weeks, spotlighting top-performing fund managers. Morningstar announced its winners on Thursday after first making known the finalists for the awards last month. FundHub, which The Collaborative Exchange owns, had its inaugural awards ceremony last week and recognised standout performers based on absolute return and industry impact. Already have an account?