New research from Henley Business School Africa and Risk Insights looks at how JSE-listed companies are ‘walking the talk’ regarding ESG and reveals that few see it as a way to build competitive advantage.

Tesla founder, Elon Musk, caused waves in the cryptocurrency market with a single tweet and made a mockery of the traditional frameworks many still use to make sense of financial markets.

An MBA finance class would agree that unused capital indicates a lazy balance sheet. But does this apply to private companies too? Do they need to risk their capital too?

After strong growth in 2011, bad debt, rising costs and subdued income are starting to affect SA banks’ earnings. Maarten Mittner looks at some of the challenges they face.

A number of measures will ensure access to adequate funding through the current recession, which some forecasters predict could last for 18 to 24 months.

How do you climb a mountain? Step-by-step, of course. In trying times, it does not help if we only look at the challenges in front of us. We need to engage with the future, step-by-step – just as we would climb a mountain.

There are some things we can do to counter the sea of bad news we face currently and stay on top of our mental game which is our best chance of surviving and even growing our business during a recession.

To understand the financial crisis, we should view it as a systems accident.

Current conditions in the South African economy present an opportunity for venture capital firms to fund entrepreneurs successfully, said Julia Long, CEO of HBD Venture Capital, at a recent Leader’s Angle talk at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB).