Weekly summary of corporate finance activity by South African exchange listed companies.

Weekly summary of corporate finance activity by South African exchange listed companies.

This episode of the Ghost Bites podcast on YouTube and Apple Podcasts / Spotify features Argent Industrial, Aspen, Coronation, Ninety One, Prosus, South32 - and a dog in a superhero cape!

Aspen gets ready for thinner clients and fatter profits in Canada, but it all depends on whether they can get supply of the key active pharmaceutical ingredient. South32 signs off on a strong FY26 during a key transition period.

Weekly summary of Merger & Acquisition activity by South African companies.

South32 is getting out of the aluminium sector - and the market really likes the deal. Remgro has concluded the Mediclinic restructure.

The market has gone cold on Prosus. MTN is the beneficiary of much better macroeconomics in Africa. Canal+ is inward listing on the JSE in June, but will they find support? Bytes Technology has a lot of work to do. In property, MAS is looking to offload some malls, while Spear REIT showed us how profitable buy-and-flip can be. Octodec's interim growth needs to be considered carefully.

Dividend darling Clientèle wants to delist. Glencore is telling a bullish story after Q1, with MTN Nigeria also enjoying the current oil situation. Merafe should have an answer on the electricity tariffs by June. Santova clawed back a lot of lost ground in the second half of the year.