Author: Gareth Stokes
Gareth Stokes is an award-winning financial journalist with more than two decades’ experience writing in the financial advice, insurance and investment disciplines.
Impact and sustainability take centre stage at (some) 2023 investment outlook presentations
It has taken less than a decade for impact and sustainability to overshadow the asset allocation and return discussions that previously dominated asse [...]
The apocalyptic collapse of South Africa’s national energy grid proves uninsurable
Insurers and reinsurers plying their trade in South Africa have finally taken steps to protect their balance sheet from the potential collapse of the [...]
Insurers will exclude power-cut related risks across South Africa
Insurers and reinsurers plying their trade in South Africa have finally taken steps to protect their balance sheet from the potential collapse of the [...]
Extreme weather events threaten insurers’ long-term sustainability
Extreme weather events continue to dominate global headlines, with torrential rain in Auckland and other parts of New Zealand a recent example. On Fri [...]
Sometimes these climate activitists be like crazy!
If you follow the international newswires, then you could be excused for concluding that sections of the global climate activist community have lost t [...]
Sustainable development: small, medium and micro businesses can help deliver Africa’s sustainability promises
Individuals and small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) will play a huge part in achieving national and continental sustainability outcomes, espec [...]
Africa catastrophe: 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods feature on the ‘$3bn or higher’ economic losses table
The adverse impact of extreme weather events on African economies are illustrated in two reputable sources for natural catastrophe data. In its Q3 Glo [...]
Just energy transition: using investment banks’ financing ‘levers’ to maximise climate impact
Active stewardship and green or sustainability-linked bonds and loans are among the mechanisms that large financial institutions are deploying to help [...]
Mixed expectations: COP27 cements demand for climate-related investment opportunities
The slow pace of global climate change action has left many commentators – and especially those in the asset management community – grumbling about wh [...]
Investment transformation: Merger creates ZAR1trn South Africa-based asset manager
The finalisation of a deal between Sanlam Group and Absa Group Limited has created one of South Africa’s largest black-owned asset managers, with more [...]