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19 Jul Are smart contracts taking over the world? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Posted at 17:51h in Corporate and Specialised Finance

Many people are of the view that, like artificial intelligence, smart contracts are going to take over our lives and relegate “traditional” or “paper” contracts to history. How likely is this to happen? In our view, smart contracts have a role to pay but there...

27 Jul Accreditation on the CTSE

Posted at 10:37h in Corporate and Specialised Finance

Mettle Corporate and Specialised Finance has been accredited as an equity and debt issuer agent on the CTSE (Cape Town Stock Exchange). Mettle director William Marais says that in many ways the CTSE mirrors the agility and inventiveness of Mettle which is renowned for thinking differently. Other...

Mettle Corporate & Specialised Finance Sustainable Energy

10 Sep Clean Energy Deal

Posted at 14:46h in Corporate and Specialised Finance

Acting for selling shareholders Genfin Holdings, Trigen Group and Msthead, Mettle Corporate and Specialised Finance closed a deal which unlocked an investment of US$40 million into the Gridworks portfolio company, Sustainable Power Solutions ("SPS"). Mettle's director William Marais says that the investment will support SPS's expansion across sub-Saharan...

16 Feb Mettle Analytics for small companies and start-ups

Posted at 09:17h in Corporate and Specialised Finance

One of life’s ironies is that people who could benefit the most from professional services can’t afford it. Yet a short conversation with an experienced professional can mean the difference between a company pushing through or burning. If not a conversation, then an intuitive tool...

27 Jan Keeping track of the cookies

Posted at 14:57h in Corporate and Specialised Finance

In 2020 South Africa’s media was filled with reports of fraud, corruption, and maladministration at all levels of the country’s private and public sectors. In a business environment that is increasingly sophisticated from a technology perspective, one could be forgiven for thinking that this kind...

29 Sep Investment Company Discounts

Posted at 12:23h in Corporate and Specialised Finance

Can the 'investment company discount' be further reduced if companies were able, at least in part, to buy-back and issue shares on demand to investors at their intrinsic value rather than having the price of their shares set by the auction process on an exchange...

28 Jul What motivates unbundlings?

Posted at 13:52h in Corporate and Specialised Finance

Two South African investment holding companies have recently announced their intentions to unbundle some of their investments. The first is Remgro Limited ("Remgro"), which has recently distributed its shares in RMB Holdings Limited ("RMBH") and the shares that it will receive...

02 Jun Is the proof of this investment in the eating?

Posted at 09:19h in Corporate and Specialised Finance

A tech revolution has been quietly gaining momentum around the world. This is not the kind of tech that one associates with Silicon Valley. It is focused on the production of food, dietary protein in particular. This protein is a combination of plant-based protein...

01 Jun Lock-box unlocks sme growth potential

Posted at 10:45h in Corporate and Specialised Finance

President Cyril Ramaphosa, during his 2020 State of the Nation Address, has urged participants in the private and public sector to find sustainable solutions to combat and reduce inequality, poverty and unemployment. The public sector has committed to assist small to medium enterprises (“SMEs”) from...

12 May The likely effects of working from home

Posted at 15:59h in Corporate and Specialised Finance

Many people across the world have, to a greater or lesser extent, been working from home for the past month or so. This trend appears likely to continue in many countries, and there is no clear indication when this is likely to stop...