Conduit Capital’s share price plunged after it emerged that its subsidiary, Constantia Insurance — which was placed into provisional curatorship by the Prudential Authority (PA) in early August — now faces possible liquidation.

JSE-listed Conduit’s shares slumped as much as 56% to 4c before paring losses to close down 33% at 6c on Wednesday. The share price drop came after a business update was issued on Tuesday by provisional curator Ashish Desai advising that he and the PA, a division of the Reserve Bank, had launched an urgent application to have Constantia Insurance liquidated...

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