GLOBAL - South Africa's surging currency is creating all sorts of problems for fund managers, particularly those wedded to the holy writ of benchmark investing.
The rand’s 26% gain against the US dollar in 2003 took the sizzle out of the commodity boom which saw South Africa’s two major export commodities, gold and platinum, rise 21% and 32% in dollar term...
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