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PSG readies to increase stakes in its subsidiaries

PSG was set to increase stakes in three of its subsidiaries as part of its growth strategy, Jannie Mouton, the executive chairman, said last week.
Mouton said PSG would raise its shareholding in Zeder, an investment company focusing on food processing; Paladin, PSG’s preferred private equity investment company; and PSG Konsult, a network of professional financial [...]


SA Private Equity gains confidence

South African private equity firms are increasingly looking at the rest of the continent, spurred by the success of local telecoms and retail companies in Africa’s frontier markets, according to KPMG.
Africa’s biggest economy accounted for more than 70 percent of the sub-Saharan region’s $2.9 billion of private equity deals in 2008, but this share is [...]


S.Africa bonds gain on inflation hopes, rand up

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s government bonds gained on Wednesday on a lower than expected power price increase that cast the inflation outlook in a brighter light, while the rand firmed slightly after the dollar slipped.
Government bonds cheered the decision by South Africa’s energy regulator to approve an average power tariff increase of 25 percent [...]


China shifts investments into private hedge funds

China Investment Corporation (CIC), the country’s sovereign wealth fund, is continuing to shift its investments away from cash and is investing billions in hedge funds and private equity funds, according to chairman Lou Jiwei.
It had invested now “many times” the $500 million (R3.8 billion) that CIC was reported to have placed in hedge funds and [...]


GroFin announce final close of the GroFin Africa Fund at $170 million.

GroFin today announced the final closing of the GroFin Africa Fund at US$170 million against a target of $150 million. This growth finance fund targets start-up and growth opportunities in small and medium enterprises in Africa.


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