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Kokkie Kooyman unpacks Discovery Trading Update

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The go-to man when it comes to anything in the financial services industry, Denker Capital's Kokkie Kooyman dissects Discovery's trading update. The medical insurer turned conglomerate has been one of the hype stocks of the last few weeks, with news that 2020's rockstar fund manager Cathie Wood recently bought R650m in her Ark FinTech Fund. Discovery, which is also owned by Counterpoint Value Fund manager Piet Viljoen, is seen as one of the few growth companies on the local bourse. Kooyman unpacks the conglomerate's huge runway, which extends over a number of business units and jurisdictions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 Aug 2021 7AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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