Timeline: Top 20 stories for 2017 on Business Report

2017 has been filled with breaking stories, from company scandals to rand downgrades and cabinet reshuffles in Parliament. We take a look at the top Business Report stories this year that has made the cut onto the top 20 list. Aeon Investment Management Chief Investment Officer, Asief Mohamed contributed a few comments. Read this article [...]

2018-05-18T09:06:28+02:00December 20th, 2017|

Analysis: Rand boost after Ramaphosa win

The market focus in ANC’s elective conference has shifted to policy positions to be adopted by the party after the rand went gung-ho in the lead up to and after the victory of Cyril Ramaphosa as the ruling party’s president. The local currency raced to R12.60 against the dollar after the top six officials were [...]

2018-05-18T09:06:48+02:00December 19th, 2017|

Ratings agency downgrades credit rating to junk

Embattled Steinhoff’s woes deepened on Friday when  Moody’s Investor Service hit out at its board and slashed the group’s credit rating by four notches to junk.  The group’s ratings were also put under review for further downgrade.  Moody’s said its decision reflects the uncertainties and implications for the company’s liquidity and debt capital structure arising [...]

2018-05-18T09:13:20+02:00December 10th, 2017|

Woolworths in eye of the storm

This article by Ann Crotty  on the Woolworths Annual General Meeting is worth a read. Including the comments by Aeon Investment Management. Woolworths chairman Simon Susman told shareholders at Tuesday’s annual general meeting that the board was confident of the group’s Australian strategy. "We believe in the strategy and we believe in Ian [Moir, the [...]

2018-05-18T09:12:55+02:00November 30th, 2017|

Expect economic data galore this week

This week will be laden with economic data, none of which will eclipse Friday’s credit update assessment from S&P Global Ratings and Moody’s Investor Services, which are both expected to release their year-end credit reviews on South Africa. The fears in the markets, which became more pronounced after last month’s underwhelming medium-term budget policy statement, [...]

2018-05-18T09:09:32+02:00November 20th, 2017|

Analysis: What can Discovery’s bank do for SA?

Asief Mohamed, Chief Investment Officer at Aeon Investment Management, was asked to comment by journalist Kabelo Khumalo on the banking license Discovery was recently granted by the Registrar of Banks. Discovery inched a step closer to running a fully fledged retail bank on Monday after the Registrar of Banks granted the group a banking licence. [...]

2018-05-18T09:15:50+02:00October 17th, 2017|

PPC hopes for new merger proposal with AfriSam

Business is all about making decisions that propel the venture into the future. In this article, we have a read about the possible PPC merger deal with AfriSam. Cement maker PPC is hoping to have a new merger proposal from AfriSam by the beginning of September, with the latest termination of merger talks sending PPC’s [...]

2018-05-18T09:16:49+02:00August 25th, 2017|
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