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 | THOMAS BRENNAN Over the past week you may have heard a lot of noise about GameStop (GME), wallstreetbets on Reddit, and how both were involved in a short squeeze that resulted in the losses of billions of dollars read |
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 | LEANNE KEDDIE Sustainability is a hot topic today due to increasing awareness of climate change and inequality, among other pressing issues...read |
|  | NATALIE SCOTT & KYRA SOUTH The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has again warned of a number of high risks associated with investing in crypto assets, in the wake of the recent Mirror Trading International Proprietary Limited debacle...read |
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| |  | NICCI BOTHA So many young people are disillusioned by white-picket fence utopia sold to them, because in reality most of them are less well off than their parents and grandparents... Read |  | |
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 | ISSUED BY CIMA The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) distinguishes Akademia for its outstanding contribution to the accounting profession... Read |
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 | SHIRLEY WEBBER Issues such as climate change are no longer "soft" elements that can be tucked away in a sustainability report somewhere... Read |
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 | CHRISTINE RODRIGUES The Financial Sector Conduct Authority and the Prudential Authority published Joint Standard 1 of 2020 on 1 June 2020, which sets out the requirements for fitness, proprietary and other matters related to 'significant owners', as defined and introduced by the Financial Sector Regulation Act... Read |
| Markets & Investment |
 | A battle between retail investors and institutional investors, with the former taking on the Wall Street establishment, in particular traditional hedge fund managers practising a short-selling strategy, hit the headlines recently... Read |
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 | JUDY SNYMAN The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) recently published a circular setting out changes to the rules around loop structures in South Africa... Read |
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 | The 6th Forbes Woman Africa Leading Women Summit is set to explore the power of the collective in resetting Africa... Read |
 | WILDU DU PLESSIS AND MORNE VAN DER MERWE Dealmaking activity in sub-Saharan Africa dropped in the second half of 2020, when compared to that of H2 2019. As Africa gears up for post-pandemic recovery in 2021, the opportunities presented by free trade across the continent, among others, will be key factors in attracting valuable mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity to the region. Read |
 | The 2021 #AfricaPodcastDay by Africa Podfest aims to celebrate and appreciate the talent within the continent's podcasting industry.... Read |
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 | FRANSISKA NANGOY AND FATHIN UNGKU JAKARTA - Indonesia will no longer permit mining waste to be disposed in the ocean to allay concerns about the environmental impact of processing nickel used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries... Read |
 | IMRAN SALIE Musa Kalenga, CEO and founder of Bridge Labs, delivered a keynote talk at the #BizTrends2021 live virtual event held on 28 January. In his talk, Kalenga discussed creating new ways to adapt to our new days... Read |
 | SHAN RADCLIFFE According to Boniswa Pezisa, the youngest generation currently joining the workforce - Gen Z - should be made a part of the decision-making process... Read |
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