Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Investment styles and more particularly the relative outperformance of certain styles under differing market conditions have been widely researched. Furthermore, investment professionals are constantly on the lookout for factors that could possibly be indicative of the subsequent outperformance of certain investment styles. With the value-growth phenomenon at the centre of this debate, there is an attempt in this study to shed some light on this anomaly from a purely South African perspective. Using monthly data for the period 1991 to 2011, and calculating price-to-book value (P/B) ratios for all the stocks included in the FTSE/JSE All-Share Index, the methodology employed by The Brandes Institute (2009A), based on work of Lakonishok, Shleifer and Vishny (1994), will be utilised in this study in order to determine whether the relative outperformance of value stocks over growth stocks can be anticipated in advance. Stocks were ranked monthly on the basis of their relative P/B ratios and subsequently four new portfolios were created each month, with the growth portfolio consisting of the highest 25% P/B ratio stocks and the value portfolio capturing the lowest 25% P/B ratio stocks. After portfolio creation, quartile-by-quartile performance was tracked over the following five years. The relative performance of the value versus growth portfolio was compared to the valuation difference multiple, calculated as the median P/B ratio of the growth portfolio divided by the median P/B ratio of the value portfolio, to determine if a relationship existed between valuation disparities and the subsequent relative performance of value and growth stocks. The all-cap (FTSE/JSE All-Share Index) segment was further divided into large-cap (FTSE/JSE Top-40 Index), mid-cap (FTSE/JSE Mid-cap Index) and small-cap (FTSE/JSE Small-cap Index) segments in order to determine if a consistent relationship could be identified within different market capitalisation sectors of the market. A significant relationship was found between the valuation difference multiple and subsequent performance of value and growth stocks in all segments of the JSE Mainboard. Historically, the higher the valuation difference multiple, the higher the subsequent outperformance of value stocks over the subsequent five-year period, as compared to growth stocks. This was found to be significant within the FTSE/JSE All-Share Index, the FTS/JSE Top-40 Index, the FTSE/JSE Mid-Cap Index and the FTSE/JSE Small-Cap Index. An exception to the above findings was the post-2002 period within the FTSE/JSE Top-40 Index. During this period it was not possible to identify a relationship between the valuation difference multiple and subsequent value stock outperformance. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Verskillende beleggingstyle en meer spesifiek, die relatiewe uitprestering van sekere style onder verskillende mark omstandighede, is wyd nagevors oor die afgelope paar dekades. Professionele beleggers is ook gedurig op die uitkyk vir moontlike faktore wat die uitprestering van sekere beleggingstyle vooraf kan aandui. Met die waarde-groei verskynsel sentraal in hierdie debat, is die doelwit in hierdie studie om die waarde-groei verskynsel te ondersoek vanuit 'n eg Suid-Afrikaanse mark perspektief. Deur maandelikse data vir die periode 1991 tot 2011 te gebruik en daaropvolgende prys-tot-boekwaarde (P/B) verhoudings te bereken vir al die aandele wat deel was van die FTSE/JSE Alle-Aandele Indeks, sal daar in hierdie studie die metodologie van 'The Brandes Institute' (2009A) in die Verenigde State van Amerika, gebaseer op die werk van Lakonsihok, Shleifer en Vishny (1994), toegepas word om te probeer bepaal of die relatiewe uitprestering van waarde aandele oor groei aandele vooraf voorspel kan word. Aandele is maandeliks ingedeel op die basis van hul onderskeie P/B verhoudings. Deur hierdie proses is daar maandeliks vier nuwe portefeuljes geskep, met die groei portefeulje wat die hoogste 25% van P/B verhouding aandele bevat het en die waarde portefeulje wat die laagste 25% van P/B verhouding aandele verteenwoordig. Prestasie beoordeling van die nuut geskepde portefeuljes was die volgende stap in die navorsingsproses waar kwartiel-tot-kwartiel prestasie beoordeling oor die daaropvolgende vyf-jaar periode na portefeulje ontstaan, plaasgevind het. Die relatiewe prestasie van die waarde en groei portefeuljes is vergelyk met die waardasie pariteit maatstaf, wat bereken is as die mediaan P/B verhouding van die groei portefeulje gedeel deur die mediaan P/B verhouding van die waarde portefeulje. Hierdie vergelyking is gebruik om te bepaal of 'n verhouding tussen die onderskeie waardasies van groei en waarde aandele en daaropvolgende prestasie bestaan. Die alle aandele segment is verder ook opgedeel in drie onderskeie indekse om te bepaal of 'n verwantskap binne al die verskillende markkapitalisasie sektore bestaan. Die grootste markkapitalisasie aandele is verteenwording deur die FTSE/JSE Top-40 Indeks; die medium markkapitalisasie aandele deur die FTSE/JSE Mid-Cap Indeks; en die kleinste markkapitalisasie aandele wat deel vorm van die FTSE/JSE Alle-Aandele Indeks is verteenwoording deur die FTSE/JSE Small-Cap Indeks. 'n Beduidende verwantskap is gevind tussen die waardasie pariteit maatstaf en daaropvolgende vyf-jaar prestasie van waarde en groei aandele. Histories hoe hoër die waardasie pariteit maatstaf, hoe groter die relatiewe uitprestering van waarde aandele oor die daaropvolgende vyf-jaar periode. Hierdie verskynsel is beduidend gevind vanuit 'n FTSE/JSE All-Share Indeks, FTSE/JSE Top-40 Indeks, FTSE/JSE Mid-Cap Indeks en FTSE/JSE Small-Cap Indeks perspektief. 'n Uitsondering was die FTSE/JSE Top-40 Indeks vir die periode na 2002, waar dit nie moontlik was om 'n beduidende verwantskap te identifiseer nie.

Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the role of cross-sectional return dispersion in portfolio management by examining two topics. To begin with, the study considers why return dispersion changes over time. Given the influence of return dispersion on active portfolio return opportunity, it is important for managers to understand why return dispersion changes over time. For a sample of South African listed shares over the period June 1996 to December 2011, univariate time-series analysis reveals significant serial correlation in return dispersion which may be modelled using ARMA (1, 1) and GARCH (1, 1) processes. Further analysis within a rational economic framework reveals that return dispersion is countercyclical to aggregate economic activity and related to both local and foreign economic uncertainty. The study then considers the relationship between return dispersion and the return to investment strategies. If substantial association between return dispersion and any investment strategy exists, then it is possible for managers and fund sponsors to augment an understanding of when active return opportunity is high with strategies for exploiting return opportunities. Continuing within the rational economic framework, the study uses Spearman‟s rank correlation coefficients to show a significant positive relationship between return dispersion and the value premium. In aggregate, these findings suggest that it is possible for South African investors to understand why return dispersion changes over time, as well as how to take advantage of changes in return dispersion. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie ondersoek die rol van opbrengsverspreiding oor die kruissnit van „n mark in portefeuljebestuur deur twee onderwerpe te bestudeer. Eerstens bestudeer die studie hoekom opbrengsverspreiding oor tyd verander. Gegewe die invloed van opbrengsverspreiding op aktiewe beleggingsgeleentheid is dit belangrik vir bestuurders om te verstaan hoekom opbrengsverspreiding oor tyd verander. Vir „n steekproef van Suid Afrikaanse aandele oor die periode Julie 1996 tot Desember 2011 dui enkelvoudige tydreeks analise aan dat opbrengsverspreiding beduidende outokorrelasie het, waar die outokorrelasie beskryf word deur ARMA (1, 1) en GARCH (1, 1) prosesse. Verdere analise binne „n rasionele ekonomiese raamwerk dui daarop dat opbrengsverspreiding kontra-siklies aan makro-ekonomiese aktiwiteit is en verwant is aan beide plaaslike en buitelandse ekonomiese onsekerheid. Die studies ondersoek daarna die verhouding tussen opbrengsverspreiding en die opbrengs van beleggings strategieë. Indien daar „n noemenswaardige verhouding is tussen opbrengsverspreiding en enige beleggings strategie, dan kan bestuurders beter oordeel watter strategieë hoë opbrengste lewer wanneer beleggingsgeleenthede hoog is. Die studie hou binne „n rasionele ekonomiese raamwerk en gebruik Spearman se rang-orde korrelasie koeffisiënte om „n beduidende positiewe verwantskap tussen opbrengsverspreiding en die opbrengs van die waardepremie aan te dui. As „n geheel dui hierdie bevindinge daarop aan dat dit moontlik is vir Suid-Afrikaanse beleggers om te verstaan hoekom opbrengsverspreiding oor tyd verander asook hoe om voordeel uit die verwantskappe te trek.

Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2006. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Omega function is a relatively newly developed performance measure, falling within the class of downside risk measures. This measure does not make any assumptions regarding the return distributions evaluated, but incorporates the actual return distribution in its calculation. The sensitivity of this measure to simulated changes within the class of stable distributions was tested, within the range of parameters that was evident in the South African investment environment. The Omega and Sharpe ratios that were calculated for these distributions were ranked and compared. Even though the rankings were similar, discrepancies did occur. On investigation it was found that these discrepancies were caused by the inability of the Sharpe measure to differentiate between increased volatility caused by higher probability weighted gains (or positive skewness) and losses, as the Sharpe ratio penalises funds for volatility. The simulated tests were extended to various distributions, which have different risk profiles and distribution shapes, and ranked. A higher incidence of ranking differences occurred due to the inability of the Sharpe ratio to differentiate between gains and losses, correctly account for the risk of positively skewed distributions and lastly due to negative Sharpe ratios, caused by the average realised returns being exceeded by the threshold (target) rate, resulting in incorrect rankings. Comparison of rankings based on the Sharpe and Omega measures was performed on the class of general equity unit trusts over a five-year period, which resulted in statistically similar rankings. In extending the evaluation over shorter periods, the ran kings were still statistically similar, even though some differences were noteworthy. As the returns became more variable, the Omega measure captured this variation and risk whilst the Sharpe ratio was unable to, as its formulation is limited to two statistics, thus losing all this additional information. Normally performance evaluation is not initiated with a detailed analysis of the return distributions in order to determine which performance measure is more appropriate. The Omega measure incorporates the distribution into the calculation, which is not the case with the Sharpe measure. Therefore, even if the distributions are normal, the Omega measure gives exacty the same result as the Sharpe measure. However, where return distributions diverge from normality, we can be certain that the Omega measure will correctly incorporate the divergence, whilst it has been shown that in certain instances the Sharpe measure does not. The Omega measure adds another dimension to risk-adjusted performance evaluation and should be incorporated in the evaluation process. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Omega-funksie, wat as 'n afwaartse risikomaatstaf geklassifiseer word, is 'n relatiewe nuut-ontwikkelde prestasiemaatstaf. Hierdie maatstaf maak nie enige aannames ten opsigte van die opbrengsverdelings wat ge-evalueer word nie, maar inkorporeer die werklike opbrengsverdeling in die berekening. Die sensitiwiteit van hierdie maatstaf tot gesimuleerde veranderinge in die klas van stabiele verdelings is getoets, binne die parameters van toepassing in die Suid Afrikaanse beleggingsomgewing. Die Omega- en Sharpe-maatstawe is bereken, georden en vergelyk. Alhoewel die rangordes meestal dieselfde was, het verskille in sommige gevalle voorgekom. Hierdie verskille is veroorsaak deur die onvermoe van die Sharpe-maatstaf om te onderskei tussen verhoogde volatiliteit veroorsaak deur 'n hoer waarskynlikheidsgeweegde wins, of positiewe skeefheid en verliese. Die Sharpe-maatstaf penaliseer alle volatiliteit. Die gesimuleerde toetse is uitgebrei na alternatiewe verdelings wat verskillende risikoprofiele het en is weereens georden. Weereens was die rangordes meestal dieselfde. Die verskille wat plaasgevind het, is veroorsaak deur die onvermoe van die Sharpe-maatstaf om tussen winste en verliese te onderskei, positiewe skeefheid korrek te verdiskonteer en laastens om negatiewe Sharpe-verhoudings in die korrekte rangorde te plaas. 'n Vergelyking van die rangordes van die Sharpe- en Omega-maatstawe is gedoen op die algemene effektetrusts oor 'n tydperk van vyf jaar. Die rangordes in geheel was statisties dieselfde. Hierdie toetse is vervolgens uitgebrei om korter tydperke in te sluit, wat weereens in geheel statisties dieselfde korrelasie getoon het, maar 'n paar individuele portefeuljes se rangordes het heelwat verskil. Soos die opbrengste gevarieer het, kon die Omega-maatstaf hierdie variasies en risiko verdiskonteer terwyl die Sharpe-maatstaf nie in staat was om hierdie risiko te verdiskonteer nie, aangesien sy formulering beperk is tot twee statistieke wat 'n verlies van inligting tot gevolg het. Normaalweg word prestasie-beoordeling nie begin met 'n gedetailleerde analise van die opbrengsverdelings om te bepaal watter prestasie-maatstaf meer toepaslik is nie. Die Omega-maatstaf inkorporeer die verdeling in die berekening, wat nie die geval is met die Sharpe-maatstaf nie. AI is die opbrengsverdelings normaal, gee die Omega-maatstaf dieselfde resultate as die Sharpe-maatstaf. Waar die verdelings egter afwyk van normaal, weet ons dat die Omega-maatstaf die afwykings korrek verdiskonteer, terwyl dit bewys is dat die Sharpe-maatstaf in sekere omstandighede nie die afwykings korrek verdiskonteer nie. Die Omega-maatstaf voeg 'n verdere dimensie by risiko-aangepaste prestasiemeting en behoort dus ingesluit te word in die evauleringsproses.

在此篇論文中我們考慮連續時間架構下, 加入匯差風險與利率風險之跨國投資組合問題. 延續 Lioui, Poncet (2003) 的研究架構, 我們考慮 國內外債券股票與現金的投資組合, 以martingale方法求解避險操作與最佳投資策略. / In this study, we investigate the hedge demands in international portfolio management under a general continuous time framework for constant relative risk averse investors where, in particular, exchange rate risk and the interest rate risk are incorporated. Within this international economy, the changes of real exchange rates, real interest rates and stock prices are assumed to follow the Markovian processes whose drifts and diffusion parameters are driven by certain state variables. Our approach is through the use of the martingale methodology developed by Cox and Huang (1989, 1991) as proposed in the work of Lioui and Poncet (2003). Following their framework, we consider the economy of the investors that consists of one foreign currency and the domestic one, together with their bond portfolios and stock indices. Adding to the previous works, we have compared the obtained optimal strategies with some prevailing ad hoc ones in order to clarify the hedge effects in financial decision from the long term perspective.

<p><strong>Introduction </strong>– Project-based organizations face a series of challenges when trying to implement and manage their project portfolios successfully in line with their strategic goals. Good project portfolio management (PPM) practices play a crucial role in maintaining well performing portfolios, but PPM is still a fairly new academic field. And it was found that the current PPM literature embodies a gap in providing explicit governance criteria to assure consistent portfolio decision-making.</p><p><strong>Problem </strong>– What are the criteria of portfolio governance that contribute to better aligning the project portfolio to organizational strategy? Do project-based organizations in fact not implement a governance framework to guide their decision-making rationale? If there is some sort of a governance framework, do project-based organizations implement it in a consistent manner every time they take portfolio-related decisions?</p><p><strong>Purpose </strong>– The purpose of this study is two-fold. First, we attempt to fill a gap in the current PPM literature by proposing a portfolio governance framework that could enhance project portfolio decision-making. Secondly, it is our goal to find out whether decision makers in project-based organizations consistently cover all issues related to portfolio governance at portfolio meetings.</p><p><strong>Methodology</strong> – The study employs both qualitative & quantitative methods to fulfill the two-fold nature of the study. A Portfolio Governance Framework, comprising 26 statements, was developed on the grounds of existing literature on PPM, strategy & governance. The proposed Framework was then used as a basis to carry out an online survey in which 31 respondents (executive level) from 25 project-based organizations (operating in Sweden) were asked about how consistent they are in discussing relevant portfolio governance issues.</p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong> – The empirical findings of this study indicate that the majority of project-based companies do not employ a governance framework when it comes to portfolio decision-making. In the few cases that they do, it is mostly a set of policies that is not applied on a consistent basis.</p>

Le développement de nouveaux produits constitue une priorité stratégique de l'industrie pharmaceutique, en raison de la présence d'incertitudes, de la lourdeur des investissements mis en jeu, de l'interdépendance entre projets, de la disponibilité limitée des ressources, du nombre très élevé de décisions impliquées dû à la longueur des processus (de l'ordre d'une dizaine d'années) et de la nature combinatoire du problème. Formellement, le problème se pose ainsi : sélectionner des projets de Ret D parmi des projets candidats pour satisfaire plusieurs critères (rentabilité économique, temps de mise sur le marché) tout en considérant leur nature incertaine. Plus précisément, les points clés récurrents sont relatifs à la détermination des projets à développer une fois que les molécules cibles sont identifiées, leur ordre de traitement et le niveau de ressources à affecter. Dans ce contexte, une approche basée sur le couplage entre un simulateur à événements discrets stochastique (approche Monte Carlo) pour représenter la dynamique du système et un algorithme d'optimisation multicritère (de type NSGA II) pour choisir les produits est proposée. Un modèle par objets développé précédemment pour la conception et l'ordonnancement d'ateliers discontinus, de réutilisation aisée tant par les aspects de structure que de logique de fonctionnement, a été étendu pour intégrer le cas de la gestion de nouveaux produits. Deux cas d'étude illustrent et valident l'approche. Les résultats de simulation ont mis en évidence l'intérêt de trois critères d'évaluation de performance pour l'aide à la décision : le bénéfice actualisé d'une séquence, le risque associé et le temps de mise sur le marché. Ils ont été utilisés dans la formulation multiobjectif du problème d'optimisation. Dans ce contexte, des algorithmes génétiques sont particulièrement intéressants en raison de leur capacité à conduire directement au front de Pareto et à traiter l'aspect combinatoire. La variante NSGA II a été adaptée au problème pour prendre en compte à la fois le nombre et l'ordre de lancement des produits dans une séquence. A partir d'une analyse bicritère réalisée pour un cas d'étude représentatif sur différentes paires de critères pour l'optimisation bi- et tri-critère, la stratégie d'optimisation s'avère efficace et particulièrement élitiste pour détecter les séquences à considérer par le décideur. Seules quelques séquences sont détectées. Parmi elles, les portefeuilles à nombre élevé de produits provoquent des attentes et des retards au lancement ; ils sont éliminés par la stratégie d'optimistaion bicritère. Les petits portefeuilles qui réduisent les files d'attente et le temps de lancement sont ainsi préférés. Le temps se révèle un critère important à optimiser simultanément, mettant en évidence tout l'intérêt d'une optimisation tricritère. Enfin, l'ordre de lancement des produits est une variable majeure comme pour les problèmes d'ordonnancement d'atelier. / New Product Development (NPD) constitutes a challenging problem in the pharmaceutical industry, due to the characteristics of the development pipeline, namely, the presence of uncertainty, the high level of the involved capital costs, the interdependency between projects, the limited availability of resources, the overwhelming number of decisions due to the length of the time horizon (about 10 years) and the combinatorial nature of a portfolio. Formally, the NPD problem can be stated as follows: select a set of R and D projects from a pool of candidate projects in order to satisfy several criteria (economic profitability, time to market) while copying with the uncertain nature of the projects. More precisely, the recurrent key issues are to determine the projects to develop once target molecules have been identified, their order and the level of resources to assign. In this context, the proposed approach combines discrete event stochastic simulation (Monte Carlo approach) with multiobjective genetic algorithms (NSGA II type, Non-Sorted Genetic Algorithm II) to optimize the highly combinatorial portfolio management problem. An object-oriented model previously developed for batch plant scheduling and design is then extended to embed the case of new product management, which is particularly adequate for reuse of both structure and logic. Two case studies illustrate and validate the approach. From this simulation study, three performance evaluation criteria must be considered for decision making: the Net Present Value (NPV) of a sequence, its associated risk defined as the number of positive occurrences of NPV among the samples and the time to market. Theyv have been used in the multiobjective optimization formulation of the problem. In that context, Genetic Algorithms (GAs) are particularly attractive for treating this kind of problem, due to their ability to directly lead to the so-called Pareto front and to account for the combinatorial aspect. NSGA II has been adapted to the treated case for taking into account both the number of products in a sequence and the drug release order. From an analysis performed for a representative case study on the different pairs of criteria both for the bi- and tricriteria optimization, the optimization strategy turns out to be efficient and particularly elitist to detect the sequences which can be considered by the decision makers. Only a few sequences are detected. Among theses sequences, large portfolios cause resource queues and delays time to launch and are eliminated by the bicriteria optimization strategy. Small portfolio reduces queuing and time to launch appear as good candidates. The optimization strategy is interesting to detect the sequence candidates. Time is an important criterion to consider simultaneously with NPV and risk criteria. The order in which drugs are released in the pipeline is of great importance as with scheduling problems.

This thesis evaluates the risk-return characteristics and diversification benefits of fine wine investment. It compares the historical performance of wine to that of equity, fixed income, real estate, and commodities. I calculate the correlation, volatility, and expected returns of these assets to examine whether adding wine to a portfolio increases its risk-adjusted return. I do this through the Markowitz portfolio optimization technique. The findings suggest that wine has a low correlation with traditional assets, providing diversification benefits. My results also show that adding wine to a portfolio increases its risk-adjusted return only when there is an allocation constraint of 0 to 25% per asset. This does not hold, however, when there are no asset allocation constraints.

The following dissertation contains two unique empirical studies that contribute to the overall literature in the field of Financial Economics in the areas of mutual fund investing and financial intermediation and regulation. The first Chapter, entitled “The Impact of Macroeconomic Stress on the U.S. Financial Sector”, examines the relative impact of macroeconomic stress on financial and non-financial U.S. firms. Empirical results show that macroeconomic shocks appear to have a larger impact on financial firms. Additionally, the sensitivity of financial firms to macroeconomic events can be traced to the influence of non-depository institutions, or “shadow banks”, like finance and investment companies, which are less regulated than depository institutions. The results coincide with several trends in the financial sector including increased competition, complexity and interconnectedness and highlight the need for governance mechanisms that account for the risks associated with these factors. The second chapter, entitled “Partial Adjustment Towards Equilibrium Mutual Fund Allocations: Evidence from U.S.-based Equity Mutual Funds”, examines the relative efficiency of equity mutual funds in terms of speed of portfolio adjustment by applying a partial adjustment model. Empirical results show that mutual fund managers are able and willing to quickly adjust their portfolios when results have been sub-optimal, implying that the cost of persistent poor performance is perceived as being high. Managers can offset about 106 percent of the deviation within one period. Additionally, results show that funds that typically engage in the costly production of specialized information, like emerging market and sector funds have more efficient speeds of portfolio adjustment than more passive funds, like market index funds. The results imply that actively managed funds may have efficiency advantages that have been previously ignored in the empirical literature.

[pt] Atualmente, a importância do tema gestão de portfolio vem aumentando nas grandes corporações, muitos estudos relevantes surgem ou são revisitados em função disso. Destacam-se três principais abordagens: as melhores práticas sugeridas para a gestão de portfolio de projetos de investimento, a Teoria Moderna de Portfolio, mais voltada para ativos financeiros, e a aplicação de técnicas de otimização de portfólio. Sendo assim, o presente estudo visa aprofundar os conceitos em cada uma das três abordagens destacadas, buscando compreender suas sinergias e diferenças. Em qualquer das três abordagens, pode ser observada a presença da gestão dos riscos do portfolio, mostrando que esta é um elemento chave em sua gestão. Com isso, o presente estudo visa comparar a gestão de portfolio realizada em um empresa de energia com cada uma das três abordagens, contendo uma análise crítica a respeito da gestão de riscos. / [en] Currently, the importance of portfolio management just increases and many relevant studies and theories were elaborated considering this topic. Three main approaches can be highlighted: the best practices suggested for portfolio management of investment projects, the Modern Portfolio Theory, related more with financial assets, and the application of portfolio optimization techniques. Thus, this study aims to go deeper on the concepts considering each of the three approaches outlined, seeking to understand their synergies and differences. In all three approaches, the presence of portfolio risk management can be observed, showing that this is a key element in managing the portfolio. Thus, the present study aims to compare the management of portfolio held in an energy company with each of the three approaches, containing a critical analysis regarding risk management processes.

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce (Specialising in Taxation) / In this research report the South African taxation of carried interest in a private equity context is examined. The extent to which reform of that taxation should be considered is also presented in this report. The nature of carried interest in the South African private equity context is initially examined. Thereafter, a discussion of the relevant provisions of the Income Tax Act and related South African case law that would likely apply to the taxation of carried interest is set out. An analysis and determination of how appropriate and adequate the taxing provisions and relevant principles from case law are in the taxation of carried interest is provided. A recommendation for new legislation to deal with the taxation of carried interest has also been made. / MT2017