Altvest one year on - why private equity revolution slower than expected (and a BizNews listing sales pitch)

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As we're one of its business partners, the AltVest story has been closely followed by BizNews. So one year after going public, it is disappointing that CEO Warren Wheatley's dream of delivering one private company listing a month has not been fulfilled. He says in this interview that a severely constrained South African consumer and realities of engineering a private equity revolution worked against AltVest - but with two underlying assets on its boards, there has been progress. Wheatley explains how the economic realities of an energy-starved South Africa forced the business to pivot. He also delivers a compelling Altvest listing sales pitch to Alec Hogg of BizNews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 May 2023 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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