BONDS

Smart investing to beat longevity risk

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Mar 2020

Investors come to a balanced fund because they want growth

Bond auction underwhelms

Article Lynley Donnelly - 8 Aug 2019

Local and global factors — including the Eskom bailout and US-China trade tensions — are weighing on the appetite for government debt

JSE cleans up after scandals

Article Tebogo Tshwane - 5 Oct 2018

New proposals will give the stock exchange greater oversight and introduce more transparency

The future of financial indicators

Article Thalia Holmes - 14 Dec 2016

Metals, oil, currency, bonds ... Which ones should we pay attention to and why?

Confident Denel may yet face debt troubles

Article Phillip De Wet - 22 Sep 2016

The arms company is certain it can refinance its debt but investors are wary after Futuregrowth's decision to end lending to state-owned enterprises.

Africa’s ticking time bomb: $35-billion worth of Eurobond debt

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 23 May 2016

At least a dozen sub-Saharan Africa countries have raised debt through sovereign bonds. The chickens are now coming home to roost.

Eskom a ‘bond-buying’ opportunity

Article Andre Janse Van & Vuuren 1 - 22 Aug 2015

The utility may struggle to keep the lights on, but its debt is attractive to international investors.

Bond buyers deterred by Fed rate outlook

Article bogdan TagDiv - 5 Jan 2015

Foreign investors offloaded more rand-denominated debt than what they bought last year, as demand for emerging market bonds declined.

African Bank downgrade doesn’t mean a redemption for bondholders, says CFO

Article Jaco Visser - 4 Jun 2014

African Bank says holders of its debt cannot ask for an early repayment of its bonds, despite being downgraded to "junk" status last week.

Reserve Bank: SA’s markets have lost twice as much as gained

Article Thalia Holmes - 24 Apr 2014

The Reserve Bank says the outflows from bond and equity markets since January has been double the entire amount that flowed into our shore in 2013.

SA bonds subdued ahead of Budget speech

Article I Net Bridge - 24 Feb 2014

South African bonds were strengthened as the currency appreciated somewhat, but some analysts feel the bolstering is a temporary one.

Weaker rand and socio-economic uncertainty weigh on bonds

Article I Net Bridge - 13 Feb 2014

The South African bond market was weaker on Thursday morning due to a weaker rand and uncertainty about the political environment.

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