Marc Hasenfuss

Mr Price’s opinion-splitting acquisition of European value fashion retailer NKD, quite curiously, had some familiar elements — and threw up a name that many readers might associate with probably the biggest corporate disaster in the history of the JSE. Th... See more

Johann Rupert, South Africa’s best-known business tycoon, did not look terribly happy at the recent Remgro AGM. At least with South Africa … where he says we are still not setting up a reassuring platform for building up foreign investment. Still, it’s be... See more

Two enduring but indebted empowerment investment companies — Hosken Consolidated Investments (HCI) and Brimstone Investment Corp, both lumbered with cynically deep discounts to intrinsic NAV — took significant steps to lubricate the gearing grind last wee... See more

Local investors got to see Rupert the Bear growling darkly last week. Chairing the Remgro AGM, Johann Rupert gave short shrift to an optimistic shareholder who suggested South Africa might be on the cusp of renewed international investor interest. While i... See more

The morbidly fascinating saga of Trustco, the controversial Namibian investment group, took another turn last week when a significant minority investor called for a shareholder meeting to consider a radical board shakeup. To some observers, the most remar... See more