In retirement planning, one proverb holds the ultimate truth: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is today.” A sustainable retirement is not luck; it’s the result of three key decisions. 1. When: The cost of delay Time is...
The investment landscape has changed Companies are staying private for longer, and many businesses that would once have listed on public markets now remain private throughout much of their growth journey. As a result, a growing share of innovation and value...
For the last two decades, global capital markets have been undergoing a silent but aggressive transformation known as “de-equitisation”. The number of publicly traded companies has more than halved, while the pool of private capital is exploding. The pool of...
The South African rand is one of the most volatile currencies in the world, more so than many of its emerging market peers. In fact, over the past decade, only the Russian rouble and Argentinian peso have been more volatile. The currency's movements are often driven...