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Infrastructure : Africa50, a step change for infrastructure financing and development in Africa
July 30, 2015--Africa50, the new and innovative infrastructure investment platform promoted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) held its Constitutive General Assembly on the 29th of July 2015 in Casablanca, Morocco.
Twenty (20) African countries and the AfDB have subscribed for an initial aggregate amount of USD 830 million in share capital.
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Source: African Development Bank Group
JSE set for more volatility
July 29, 2015--Share prices on the JSE have lifted with industrials making the best recovery, but it seems a fair bit
of volatility has become the trend for the local bourse.
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Source: FIN24
Rand pauses ahead of Fed, jobs data
July 29, 2015--The rand has been largely unchanged as investors cautiously await a US Federal Reserve
policy statement and unemployment data later in the session.
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Source: FIN24
MTN sell-off dominates JSE
July 28, 2015--Investors on the JSE have dumped MTN shares after the
company warned of a drop in first-half earnings, while the major indices have mostly moved sideways.
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Rand weakens despite interest rate hikes view more
Gold index fillip fails to lift JSE view more
Rand recovers, Fed meeting in focus view more
Selling pressure returns to JSE view more
Rand falls to 14-year lows in sell-off view more
Vetiva plans to list 3 ETFs view more
Source: FIN24
July 28, 2015--The hope that higher interest rates will lure foreign bond investors may be based on flawed thinking,
says Overberg Asset Management in its weekly overview of the SA economic landscape.
Source: Fin24
July 27, 2015--A sharp rise in the Gold index could not pull the rest of the JSE higher and analysts say the
downward trend in gold stocks may not be over.
Source: FIN24
July 27, 2015--The rand has recovered steep recent losses as the dollar
slipped, giving emerging currencies a reprieve as a recent commodity rout.
Source: FIN24
July 24, 2015--Selling pressure has returned to the JSE with all the major
indices lower, following the previous session's technical rebound.
Source: FIN24
July 24, 2015--The rand has fallen to a 14-year low against the dollar, taking
the brunt of a sell-off in commodity currencies triggered by concerns about a slowdown in China.
Source: FIN24
July 23, 2015--FOLLOWING the final approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC), Vetiva Fund Managers Limited is to list three Exchange Traded Funds(ETFs) anchored on the NSE Banking Index, NSE Consumer Goods Index and NSE Industrial Index.
A statement from the company lists the three ETFs as Vetiva Banking Exchange Traded Fund (VB ETF), Vetiva Consumer Goods Exchange Traded Fund (VCG ETF) and the Vetiva Industrials Exchange Traded Fund (VI ET).
Source: The SUN