The third quarter remained a challenging environment in South Africa. In markets, domestic equities continued to deliver poor returns. This is reflective of the poor state of our local economy and investors running out of patience.
The top 10 U.S. mega-caps now make up c.30% and c.20% of the S&P 500 and MSCI World index by market cap weight respectively.
In our 2022 Perpetua 3rd Annual Stewardship Report, released in 2023, we highlighted the conundrum faced by the asset management industry in substantiating and quantitatively attributing that ESG strategies can and do provide long-termvalue. The most prominent reason for this, we noted previously, is the current lack of widely consistent and reliabledatasets. In this article we provide more insight into the data dilemmas, by identifying seven current challenges investors typically face when using ESG metrics and data.
A few weeks ago, not many of us would have anticipated the dramatic escalation of the conflict taking place in Ukraine as Russian military forces began an invasion in late February, sparking humanitarian and economic devastation in the country which is a former Soviet republic.
Perpetua Perspectives Summer Edition 2022 By Perpetua Investment Managers A few weeks ago, not many of us would have anticipated the dramatic escalation of the conflict taking
Who can grasp that the end of the 2021 is here? Christmas promotions are on display. Year-end functions are in the works and the long-awaited December leave is being planned.
Who can grasp that the end of the 2021 is here? Christmas promotions are on display. Year-end functions are in the works and the long-awaited December leave is being planned
Who can believe that we have reached the half way mark of 2021? Time really flies when you’re in the midst of a global pandemic; shifting to different lockdown levels; bracing for the COVID-19 third wave and trying to manage vaccinations, preventing infections and managing expectations.
Perpetua Perspectives Winter Edition 2021 By Perpetua Investment Managers Who can believe that we have reached the half way mark of 2021? Time really flies when
Perpetua Perspectives Summer Edition 2021 By Perpetua Investment Managers Despite the effects of one of the most challenging economic and financial years in history, Q4 2020 proved
Perpetua Perspectives Spring Edition 2020 By Perpetua Investment Managers After a remarkable recovery in the second quarter, global markets rose a further 8.1% in the 3 months
Darmhik joined Perpetua as a Risk & Quantitative Analyst Intern in 2026.
He holds a BCom Honours degree in Statistics and Data Science from the University of Cape Town, with a strong foundation in finance, quantitative analysis, and risk management.
Tasha Xinindlu
Tasha joined Perpetua as a Marketing Intern in 2026.
She has a Business Administration Degree major in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from Tsiba Business School.
Najmeerah Simons
Najmeerah Simons is the Finance, Risk and Compliance Manager at Perpetua, where she oversees financial management, regulatory compliance, and risk governance across the business.
She brings experience from the Auditor General of South Africa, where she has served in various roles over a six-year period. She has also spent two years prior to her time in audit and assurance at an asset management firm where she worked in local, property and global finance divisions. Najmeerah holds a Bachelor of Business Science specialising in Finance and Accounting from the University of Cape Town and is qualified Chartered Accountant (South Africa).
Tasneem Abrahams
Tasneem joined Perpetua as a Finance and Business Trainee in 2025.
She has a Business Administration Degree major in Finance and Investments from Tsiba Business School.
Samantha Edwards
Samantha joined Perpetua as a Client Service Intern in 2025.
She has a Business Administration Degree major in Finance and Investments from Tsiba Business School.
Sisipho Jokazi
Sisipho joined Perpetua as a Business Analyst in November 2025. Before joining Perpetua, she spent 6 years at M&G Investments Southern Africa in the Institutional Clients team as an Institutional Client Associate providing client service support on a range of clients. At Perpetua, she is responsible for providing support in the servicing of clients; business development support (assisting in growing client base); components of client account management such as handling investment-related queries, performance analysis, and risk reporting.
She holds a BBA degree and PGDip from TSiBA Business School and Regent Business School respectively.
Jason Clark
Jason joined Perpetua as an Investment Performance & Risk Analyst. He is responsible for evaluating, measuring, and reporting on the performance and risk of the investment portfolios.
He brings experience from Luxcara, a German clean-energy asset manager, and Allan Gray, where he served in various roles over a five-year period. Jason holds Bachelor’s and Honours degrees in Economics from Stellenbosch University and is currently pursuing an MSc at the University of Bath. He also holds the CIPM® designation through the CFA Institute, specialising in investment performance measurement.