The Finance Ghost
DealMakers
Weekly corporate finance activity by SA exchange-listed companies
Weekly summary of corporate finance activity by South African exchange listed companies
DealMakers
Who’s doing what in the African M&A and debt financing space?
Weekly summary of all M&A, financial and debt market activity from across Africa (excluding South Africa).
DealMakers
Investment momentum in SA’s mining and energy industries
Challenges have resulted in notable M&A activity, legal developments, and an energy market transformation.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Alphamin | Harmony Gold | HCI and Deneb | Growthpoint | Metair | OUTsurance | Rainbow Chicken | Supermarket Income REIT)
Harmony Gold, Growthpoint, OUTsurance and Rainbow Chicken were the big names releasing results on the day. Alphamin could have a strong year in 2026. Metair is still struggling. HCI and Deneb are selling non-core properties. Supermarket Income REIT is a game of inches.
Ghost Stories
Ghost Stories #96: Public and private markets – ETFs help bridge the gap
Private markets come with challenges related to daily price discovery, liquidity and due diligence. Although ETFs cannot solve these issues, they can act as a liqudity sleeve in situations where committed institutional capital can be invested in a liquid ETF until the private market manager calls the capital. Duma Mxenge joined me on this podcast to explain how this works.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (Absa | Attacq | Burstone | CA Sales | Hyprop | Trellidor | Weaver)
Absa is dong very well at the moment, while Weaver Fintech is screaming up the J-curve. Attacq, Burstone and Hyprop bring you updates from the property sector. CA Sales has delivered a positive earnings surprise. Trellidor is in a very tough spot.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (AVI | Choppies | Harmony Gold | Mpact | Pan African Resources | Santam | Southern Sun | Merafe | Sun International)
A busy day of earnings updates saw AVI, Mpact, Santam and Sun International give us a view on primarily the South African economy. Choppies has problems in Botswana. Harmony Gold gave an idea of earnings growth, while Pan African Resources is pressing forward in Australia. Southern Sun's deal for the Sandton properties has fallen through.
Ghost Bites
Ghost Bites (African Rainbow Minerals | CA Sales | Grindrod)
PGMs carried African Rainbow Minerals through the latest period. At Grindrod, the Port and Terminals segment has more than offset the pressure in Logistics. CA Sales announced a bolt-on acquisition in South Africa.
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