Mark Barnes

The all share gained 0.71% and the top 40 rose 0.51%

Why Africa needs a Southeast Asia-type of renewal

Sustained enrichment of this region will transform the world, and carries lessons for struggling countries

GLOBAL MARKETS: Bewildering bitcoin

Bitcoin is set for a crucial few weeks to show whether its record-breaking rally this year marks a rerun of the cryptocurrency bubble that burst in 2017 or the first leg of a long-term ascent

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Regional leaders presiding over serious backsliding

Strongman tactics by regional leaders are threatening to undo the steady gains their countries have made

Ivan Glasenberg to leave Glencore within six months

The billionaire empire-builder will hand the reins to another South African, Gary Nagle

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ALLAN GREENBLO: Chasing the infrastructure investment sun

Pension funds must specify to government precisely their terms and conditions for participation in infrastructure investment

Civil servants hit by fraudulent insurance pay deductions

Fraud is often perpetrated by representatives of independent financial advisers, who have contracts with insurers

Overseas assets row rages

It’s a no-holds-barred scrap as ETF managers, including Sygnia, tear into unit trust funds over new rules

Premier League agrees to £250m loans for struggling clubs

Shareholders approve interest free loans for English Football League lower division clubs hit by Covid-19 pandemic

Wanted Online: The Pot Luck Andermatt: Luke Dale Roberts’ Cape Town eatery to open in Switzerland

Together with restaurateur Rob Sawyer, Dale Roberts sets his sights on the European diner with a Pot Luck Club pop-up in Andermatt

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Mark Barnes is a weekly columnist for Business Day who has spent 30 years in finance and markets, and was also the South African Post Office CEO.

MARK BARNES: Who needs QE when bitcoin and barter beckon?

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MARK BARNES: Let’s play to our strengths and stop trying to be some other country

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MARK BARNES: Abandon the divide between private sector business and government

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MARK BARNES: DNA of banks rules out R200bn in relief loans

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MARK BARNES: Throwing money appeases populists but it won’t buy growth

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MARK BARNES: We need immediate punishment of the obviously guilty

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MARK BARNES: Partners from outside would keep SA Inc afloat

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MARK BARNES: Our House of Greed based on broad-based poverty

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MARK BARNES: It’s survival of the fittest as the unproductive die out

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MARK BARNES: State and business had best overlap to spare us from more swamp

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MARKET WRAP: JSE rises to best level in four years on vaccine optimism

Why Africa needs a Southeast Asia-type of renewal

GLOBAL MARKETS: Bewildering bitcoin

Regional leaders presiding over serious backsliding

Ivan Glasenberg to leave Glencore within six months

ALLAN GREENBLO: Chasing the infrastructure investment sun

Civil servants hit by fraudulent insurance pay deductions

Overseas assets row rages

Premier League agrees to £250m loans for struggling clubs

Wanted Online: The Pot Luck Andermatt: Luke Dale Roberts’ Cape Town eatery to open in Switzerland

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