Grindrod’s ETF suite to be rebranded and expanded

Grindrod Bank today announced that its ETF suite, GTrax, and broader passive investment management business will be rebranded CoreShares as part of the firm’s broader push to offer low cost index products and services to the investment market.

Armitage’s Anchor heads for JSE – zero to R180m valuation in 2 years

I met Peter Armitage in the early 1990s when the young chartered accountant decided to switch from auditing to Investor Relations and work for my dear friend the late David Carte. They had  fun together and Carte always spoke highly of Armitage, but knew he was always destined for more than building reputations of others. Highly … Read more

New indices, new ETFs on the way for SA investors

S&P Dow Jones is, excitingly, set to launch some interesting new stock indices for the JSE. S&P Dow Jonez is famous for its S&P 500 index of top US stocks, and for the Dow Jones Industrial Average index of US industrial stocks. It’s now brining this indexing magic to the JSE, and planning to launch … Read more