African frontier markets: extent of illiquidity and inherent private equity investment opportunities

dc.contributor.authorDu Toit, Willem Johannes
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-27T09:25:44Z
dc.date.available2013-08-27T09:25:44Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-27
dc.descriptionThesis (M.M. (Finance & Investment))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Graduate School of Business Administration, 2013.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the current private equity market in African frontier markets as well as inherent investment opportunities in these African frontier markets. The research includes an analysis of, inter-alia, the following: the development of capital markets in Africa, the classification of African frontier markets, the measurement of liquidity, the relationship between liquidity and asset prices and the history of private equity. This study will highlight to policymakers both in African and in donor capitals the need to implement strategies that will support investment (especially private equity investment) into the continent. The research carried out in this study should contribute to a better understanding of illiquidity risks of African frontier markets and show how these can be mitigated. This study will also provide key information on African frontier markets to investors and fund managers in order for them to understand that a typical investment strategy for investing in developed markets cannot be applied to frontier markets. The study analyses data of listed stocks on selected African stock exchanges and compares this to data for similar stocks listed on developed world stock markets to examine the relationship between liquidity, earnings multiples and market capitalisations for these stocks. Interestingly, results show that, while there is no relationship between the liquidity of stocks and the Price Earnings (PE) multiples of stocks, there is strong evidence to suggest that a relationship exists between the liquidity of stocks and the Enterprise Value to EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) multiples of stocks. Furthermore, we find strong evidence that African frontier market stocks are significantly less liquid and have lower earnings multiples than stocks with similar market capitalisations listed on stock exchanges in the developed world.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/13077
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectLiquidityen_ZA
dc.subjectFinanceen_ZA
dc.subjectCapital marketsen_ZA
dc.subjectAfricaen_ZA
dc.subjectInvestment strategyen_ZA
dc.titleAfrican frontier markets: extent of illiquidity and inherent private equity investment opportunitiesen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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