Uzair Moosa

Uzair Moosa is a South African investment specialist and tax researcher with a focus on how tax policy shapes saving and investment behaviour in low‑savings economies. Convinced that tax design can either nurture or undermine a savings culture, he is examining how high effective tax rates on investors and savers in South Africa may discourage formal saving, encourage capital outflows, and weaken the domestic investment base, including where frequent trading strategies attract punitive tax treatment. Uzair’s project uses South Africa as a case study and draws on U.S. tax policy at Yale as a benchmark to evaluate how advanced economies structure taxes to promote onshore saving, deepen local capital markets, and support long‑term investment.

Uzair holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and an Honours degree in South African Income Tax from the University of Cape Town. Before pursuing his current research interests, he worked at the prestigious Laurium Capital in South Africa, where he developed a strong foundation in investment analysis and capital markets. His current work focuses on tax policy and its effects on saving, investment behaviour, and capital formation in South Africa, drawing comparative insight from mature economies such as the United States.