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How private investors can access offshore equity and commodity markets safely

Structured products enable diversification into offshore markets while controlling risk. Any investor worth their salt understands the importance of diversification, particularly in a contemporary economic environment characterised by such volatility and uncertainty. Spreading investments across industries, asset classes and geographies is a key component of risk reduction in an investment portfolio, as should one investment fare poorly, the others should ideally offset this, resulting in consistent return. This is fundamental to achieving long-term financial security. Bearing in mind that JSE-listed stocks represent merely 1% of the total listed equity market capitalisation in the world, investing offshore can help you gain exposure to investment opportunities and markets that may not b...

APIP-Guinea announces the inaugural Guinea Investment Forum (GUIF)

The Private Investment Promotion Agency (APIP-Guinea), the organisation responsible for promoting private investment and implementing the Government's policy for investment development today announced the inaugural Guinea Investment Forum (GUIF) to take place on 24-25 February 2021 at the Sheraton Grand Conakry. Given the current pandemic, this event will be a hybrid event with attendees joining the event either on a virtual platform or in person. Nampry Camara, Managing Director, APIP-Guinea said: “The Guinea Investment Forum will be the first transactional platform for key investment actors, including: Guinean government, national, regional and international development partners in the Republic of Guinea to consider and discuss project opportunities in Guinea. Attendees will benefit fro...

Has the PE industry failed Sub-Saharan Africa?

African PE (Private equity) firms raised less than $20bn in the decade to 2018, equivalent to just 2.5 per cent of the capital raised by the world’s emerging markets, according to a Preqin report. Moreover, most of that African capital was invested into the relatively advanced economies of South Africa and North Africa, with very little flowing into the rest of the continent. This limited investment into Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is explained by investors in PE funds as a result of the low returns from such investments. The PE firms, themselves, acknowledge the limited returns, but claim these markets are still nascent and that returns will rise as these economies evolve. Yet the reality is that it may be the approach being taken by SubSaharan Africa’s PE investors that is causing them such...