Thursday, December 11, 2025
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Sirius Real Estate

Ghost Bites (Aveng | British American Tobacco | Gemfields | RMB Holdings | Schroder European Real Estate | Stor-Age | Trematon)

Stor-Age raised capital at a premium to NAV. Gemfields looks brighter. Aveng won't be selling McConnell Dowell for now at least. British American Tobacco unlocked over R7 billion in cash. RMB Holdings received an expression of interest from Atterbury. Reality has hit at Trematon. Schroder European Real Estate is a struggle.

Ghost Stories #86: The “always-on” mentality at Sirius Real Estate

Sirius Real Estate is a great example of a JSE-listed property fund that gives local investors a chance to participate in offshore markets. With a strategy focused on the UK and Germany, Sirius follows an “always-on” mentality to the opportunities in those markets. To understand more about the strategy of the fund and how they win in these markets, I was joined by a full house of CEO Andrew Coombs, CFO Chris Bowman and CIO Tariq Khader. Get ready to learn all about Sirius and the opportunities for this fund.

Ghost Bites (Accelerate Property Fund | Deneb | eMedia | Frontier Transport | Growthpoint | HCI | KAL | Life Healthcare | Nampak |...

A huge day of news saw the HCI stable (including Deneb, eMedia, Frontier Transport and Tsogo Sun) release results. Growthpoint released a quarterly update. Nampak is a great turnaround story, while Accelerate Property Fund is also coming right. Numbers came in from KAL, Life Healthcare and Novus as well, while Sirius Real Estate announced another acquisition.

Who’s doing what this week in the South African M&A space?

Weekly summary of Merger & Acquisition activity by South African companies

Ghost Bites (Attacq | Mantengu | Nedbank | Pepkor | Sea Harvest | Stefanutti Stocks | Zeda)

Pepkor is just going from strength to strength - and starting a bank! Sea Harvest is grateful for the focus on hake. Zeda's earnings are up, but not for the best reasons. Attacq is on track. Stefanutti Stocks still has work to do on the balance sheet. Nedbank has settled with Transnet. Mantengu has swung sharply into losses.

Ghost Bites (Blu Label – Cell C | Hammerson | Sea Harvest | Sirius Real Estate | SPAR)

Cell C's IPO fell short on pricing. SPAR's difficult turnaround continues. Sea Harvest is selling Ladismith Cheese. Hammerson bought a UK property and Sirius Real Estate closed an acquisition in Germany.

Ghost Bites (Astral Foods | MTN | Ninety One | Pick n Pay | Prosus – Naspers | Sirius Real Estate | WeBuyCars)

Prosus/Naspers and Ninety One are flying. So is MTN, but only thanks to Africa. Astral Foods posted encouraging numbers. WeBuyCars had to adapt to significant disruption in the car market. The Ackermans are reducing their stake in Pick n Pay. Sirius looks ahead to the benefit of new acquisitions coming through.

Ghost Bites (BHP | Metair | Oasis Crescent | Reinet | Sirius Real Estate | South32 | The Foschini Group | Zeder)

The Foschini Group had a hideous day. Metair and Sirius released juicy investor day presentations with loads of detail. BHP and South32 released quarterly updates. Look out for Oasis Crescent, Reinet and Zeder as well.
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