Attempts by SA companies to escape SA’s low-growth environment through offshore diversification may have wiped out about R300bn in shareholder value over the past decade, according to Anchor Capital CEO Peter Armitage.
It is difficult to quantify the costs, but many SA companies paid too much in desperation to diversify, had sent their “B” management teams offshore and had failed to grasp the environments in which they were investing, Armitage said in a research note. A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as exclusive Financial Times articles, ProfileData financial data, and digital access to the Sunday Times and Times Select.
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