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David Talpert ...
  • Harry Botha
  • Warwick Bam

Avior Financials | Investment banking fees | Insurance valuations update | Unit trust returns | JSE trading stats

In this week's Avior Financials note:

• The REFINITIV H1 '19 Sub-Saharan Africa report on investment banking activity showed a slowdown in deal fees as overall fees declined 19% y/y in USD (-6% in ZAR) – a lower rate of decline than Q1 '19 (-24% y/y). In line with Q1 ‘19, Standard Bank and Investec were the top performers for deal fees in H1 '19.
• The SA insurance sector has outperformed the JSE all share index on a one-year, three-year, five-year and ten-year view. We provide an update on the sector's valuation.
• We have analysed a sample of SA equity unit trusts returns. In Jun '19, all the funds underperformed the Capped Top 40.
• The JSE Ltd's trading statistics show a 17.3% y/y decline in cash equity value traded YTD.
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David Talpert

Harry Botha

Warwick Bam

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