The Finance Ghost
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Adcorp | Astral Foods | Famous Brands | Netcare | Prosus – Naspers | Renergen | Tharisa | Vodacom)
An interesting day of news saw numbers come in from Adcorp, Astral Foods, Famous Brands, Netcare, Renergen, Tharisa and Vodacom. Prosus has moved ahead with the all-cash offer for Just Eat Takeaway.com.
Dominique Olivier
Sony’s stuck in a Spider-Man spiral
Sony, once a post-war electronics wunderkind best known for pioneering devices like the Walkman and the Trinitron TV, now finds itself tangled in a web of its own making - one spun not from copper wire or silicon wafers, but from red spandex and Hollywood contracts. Dominique Olivier explains the complicated IP ownership around Spider-Man.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Blue Label | Collins Property Group | Finbond | MAS | Nampak | NEPI Rockcastle | Newpark | Nutun | Pepkor |...
Richemont released numbers, as did Pepkor at the other end of the retail spectrum.. Blue Label could list Cell C separately. Collins Property Group, MAS, NEPI Rockcastle and Newpark all had property sector news, in addition to Primary Health upping its play for Assura. Look out for Finbond, Nampak, Nutun and Tiger Brands as well.
Podcasts
PODCAST: No Ordinary Wednesday ep100 – a world in flux
From a global pandemic to fractured supply chains, energy shocks, inflation spirals, rate hikes, AI disruption, war, and geopolitical realignment - the last four years have been anything but dull. The 100th episode of No Ordinary Wednesday is a discussion on regional trends that will shape the years to come.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Afrimat | Barloworld | Equites | Karooooo | Netcare | PPC | Sanlam | Southern Sun)
Afrimat will banish the latest year from memory and will look to the future. The offer for Barloworld looks more appealing by the day. There were strong numbers from Karooooo, Netcare, PPC, Sanlam and Southern Sun, while growth at Equites was muted due to having more shares in issue.
DealMakers
DealMakers AFRICA – Analysis Q1 2025
Round up of M&A activity in Africa for Q1 2025 (excl. SA)
DealMakers
Who’s doing what this week in the South African M&A space?
Weekly summary of Merger & Acquisition activity by South African companies
DealMakers
Weekly corporate finance activity by SA exchange-listed companies
Weekly summary of corporate finance activity by South African exchange listed companies
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