The debate over the role of pension funds in furthering South Africa’s developmental needs surfaced at the ANC policy conference in Midrand in June 2012. In a policy discussion document on state­ owned entities it was suggested that the large asset base comprising pension fund investments be leveraged for national development.

On 30 May 2012 Trishana Moodley, Graduate Recruitment Co­ordinator at Genesis Analytics, and Jason Wang, an Analyst and former student, attended the Prize Giving Ceremony hosted by the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria in Hatfield. Genesis presented awards to three top ­achievers.

Genesis Analytics played a key role as expert economists in the ruling by the Competition Appeal Court (CAC) that approved the merger between DuPont Pioneer, a US-­based international developer and supplier of plant genetics, and Pannar, a family firm based in KwaZulu-Natal, subject to several conditions. 

Dr Lyal White of GIBS chats to Greg Mills, Director of the Brenthurst Foundation, and Stephan Malherbe, chair of Genesis Analytics, about African change and prosperity.