It was another pitiful year for the JSE’s small-cap sector, with risk-averse investors shunning attractive earnings multiples and, in some instances, generous dividend yields.

The small-cap index shed 8%, but it might have been worse were it not for a flurry of corporate action (notably buyouts and takeovers) that buoyed certain share prices...

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