By: Wayne Smith, Head of Corporate Note Placements at Prescient Securities Private placements have long played an important role in corporate funding strategies, with the market evolving significantly over the past two decades to create new...
By: Abdur Amod, Head of Technology at Prescient Securities As financial institutions race to deploy AI agents, the debate is quickly shifting from what artificial intelligence (AI) can automate to what it should automate. In stockbroking, where every...
By Mahir Hamdulay, Equity Research: Head of Financials Research at Absa CIB South African commercial property has now delivered four consecutive years of positive capital growth, a milestone that would have seemed ambitious during the uncertainty...
By Sean Ashton, Head of Investments at Private Clients by Old Mutual Throughout market history, dominant industries have rarely been displaced overnight. Instead, they have been gradually, then suddenly, reshaped by technologies that fundamentally...
Sean Ashton, Head of Investments at Private Clients by Old Mutual Investors today face no shortage of distractions. From geopolitical tensions in the Middle East to ongoing political and economic uncertainty around the world, there is a constant...
By: Cheree Dyers, Chief Executive Officer at Prescient Investment Management We are living through one of the most important technological shifts of our generation. Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how we work, learn, analyse, code...
Santi4, a next-generation investment technology platform, has officially launched today with R720 billion ($35bn) in client assets under administration and is positioned to reach the R1 trillion ($58bn) milestone within the next year. The platform...
By: Niki Giles, Head of Strategy at Prescient Fund Services If you’re thinking about investing for the first time, you’re already ahead of the curve. For many South Africans, the hardest part of investing is getting started. The terminology feels...
By Coreen van der Merwe, Director at Sovereign Trust SA Offshore trusts are often misunderstood. Many South Africans see them as complex, expensive structures reserved for high net worth individuals; a perception that has been shaped by historic high...
