July 9, 2025
Operating Assets

GCR upgrades ShafDB’s long and short-term issuer ratings, maintains stable outlook

Nairobi – Global Credit Ratings (GCR), has affirmed and upgraded Shelter Afrique Development Bank’s (ShafDB) international and several key national scale ratings, reflecting the Bank’s strengthened capital position, risk management improvements, and growing credibility across our its shareholder base. In its latest review, the Johannesburg-based rating agency has affirmed the Bank’s international scale long-term and short-term

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Financial Assets

April 2 tariffs to be ‘more benign’ than expected, stock market pullback ‘overdone’: policy expert

Charles Myers, chairman and founder of Signum Global, explains his predictions for Trump’s April 2 tariff deadline and why he says Europe is likely to get the brunt of the trade conflict. Ahead of new reciprocal U.S. tariffs expected next week, one policy expert says he thinks Canada will avoid the worst-case scenario and the

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Operating Assets

Actis buys Macquarie’s Stride Climate to expand India green energy portfolio

Adrian Mucalov, Partner and Head of Long Life Infrastructure at Actis, Private equity firm Actis said Monday it has acquired Stride Climate Investments from a fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management to beef up its India renewable energy portfolio.  London-headquartered Actis, an emerging markets-focused investor in sustainable infrastructure, said the deal will bring into its

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Fixed Assets

‘Now may be time to invest in EM bonds and infrastructure’

The current bond market landscape is interesting, with signs that bond yields have peaked, in the short term at least. This may present a potential turning point for fixed income and ‘bond-adjacent’ assets, such as infrastructure, that have been under pressure due to rising longer-term rates.  However, with inflation persisting and growth remaining hard to

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Tangible Assets

5 famous investing principles by Brookfield CEO Bruce Flatt

Investors who adhere to the contrarian investment philosophy can find resonance in the experiences of Bruce Flatt, CEO, Brookfield Asset Management. In contrast to many of his counterparts, Flatt refrains from hastily investing in the latest trendy stocks or assets. His approach involves going against the prevailing market sentiment and making bets that diverge from

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