Pension Funds' Tilt to Property Hurts Zimbabwe Stocks, Imara Says
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, already weakened by declining foreign investor interest amid recurring currency woes, is now being hard-hit by pension funds shifting money into real estate, Shelton Sibanda, Imara Asset Management 's chief executive officer, and John Legat, a non-executive director, wrote in a quarterly note to clients.
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