Phantom Shares is my weekly summary of the more interesting stories and themes from the prior week on the JSE. It is first published in the Daily Maverick 168 newspaper on a Saturday and then in Business Maverick each Monday. It is reproduced here with the permission of Daily Maverick. the_ad id=”3223″ The party trade is upon us If Covid …
View PostPhantom Shares is my weekly summary of the more interesting stories and themes from the prior week on the JSE. It is first published in the Daily Maverick 168 newspaper on a Saturday and then in Business Maverick each Monday. It is reproduced here with the permission of Daily Maverick. the_ad id=”3223″ Renergen keeps the hype coming The natural gas …
View PostPhantom Shares is my weekly summary of the more interesting stories and themes from the prior week on the JSE. It is first published in the Daily Maverick 168 newspaper on a Saturday and then in Business Maverick each Monday. It is reproduced here with the permission of Daily Maverick. the_ad id=”3223″ Is Sepp Blatter president again? Back when …
View PostPhantom Shares is my weekly summary of the more interesting stories and themes from the prior week on the JSE. It is first published in the Daily Maverick 168 newspaper on a Saturday and then in Business Maverick each Monday. It is reproduced here with the permission of Daily Maverick. the_ad id=”3223″ Is Sepp Blatter president again? Back when …
View PostAn earn-out structure is a corporate finance tool that is critical when negotiating deals. Put simply, an earn-out adjusts the purchase price for a company based on the achievement of future financial milestones. Technically, there can be non-financial milestones as well. I haven’t advised on such a deal myself, but I can easily imagine a situation in a venture capital …
View PostRecently, I co-hosted a Twitter Space with Mark Tobin. We invited Kevin Brady, one of the co-founders of A2X, to join us. Unfortunately, the sessions can’t be recorded. Perhaps that’s a feature Twitter will incorporate in future but for now, it’s a case of listen live or lose out unfortunately! I learnt a lot from the discussion, which inspired me …
View PostThe JSE of today reminds me of a hotel under lockdown rules. The infrastructure is there, but the utilisation is low and very few people are making new bookings. The long-standing guests are getting tired of empty swimming pools and boring games nights and are checking out in search of greener pastures. New listings on the JSE are becoming more …
View PostTo be clear – I’m a capitalist. However, I believe that the reward must reflect the effort and innovation applied in achieving that reward. For some time, corporate executive remuneration has annoyed me. In my mind, there are only three types of CEOs: Founders of companies who retain the CEO role as the company expands and lists on public markets; …
View PostIt’s been a busy few weeks in my new role as Managing Editor of InceConnect, a daily mailer that gives me the opportunity to unpack the biggest stories on the JSE. Occasionally, I get to add in some international news as well, depending how busy the JSE news flow was. Although I always tried to keep an eye on local …
View PostIt’s been a busy few weeks in my new role as Managing Editor of InceConnect, a daily mailer that gives me the opportunity to unpack the biggest stories on the JSE. Occasionally, I get to add in some international news as well, depending how busy the JSE news flow was. Although I always tried to keep an eye on local …
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