Investors in Adcorp will be closely watching its shareholder register for clues to whether any of its biggest institutional investors have thrown in the towel on a staffing company that appears to be losing its way, following a warning to investors that it expects a headline loss for the full year. At the end of April, Investec Asset Management was still its largest single institutional shareholder, with 4.99% of the shares, although that exposure is less than it once was. Adcorp’s shares enjoyed a reprieve in February, rallying close to 14%, but Monday’s fall took its losses in 2017 to 20.15%, capping a woeful three-year performance.AngloGold Ashanti has notched up an impressive safety performance, recording its first fatality-free March quarter, which is traditionally a tough one when the mines are ramped up after the year-end break. All the more remarkable is that the South African operations have gone for nine months without a fatality. This is the company that had a legal spat ...

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