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Boxer is the best-performing food retailer on the JSE this year, so it had better meet the market’s expectations, say analysts…
Fintech and klaar – an AI-powered unicorn for the JSE?
A company raising primary capital on the JSE is a rare thing – but Optasia reckons the local market is primed for its fintech…
Opposition to Barloworld’s R120 bid crumbles – finally
The holdout investor wanting more from Barloworld’s bidders has finally thrown in the towel. But can the consortium get the 90% acceptance it wants?…
Barloworld’s bulldozer bid is on the home stretch
The complicated and controversial bid to buy JSE stalwart Barloworld is all over, bar a final upset from dissenting shareholder Silchester…
Eye-catching Orion Minerals
Orion Minerals has suddenly attracted larger-than-usual volumes, and could be set for a breakout…
The ‘Special Situations’ guy: Urquhart Partners’ Richard Cheesman
There are curious corners of the JSE where few investors venture. A new fund is hoping to bring these opportunities to retail buyers…
31-minutes, R18.9bn: Sixty60 is making Shoprite’s numbers sing
Its teal-coloured scooters are emblematic of Shoprite’s great run, and the latest set of financial results delivered, again…
JSE CEOs: Caviar pay, sardine results
A new report on 10 years of data for 65 of the JSE’s largest companies shows ‘no clear pattern’ between pay and profit performance…
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