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27 Jan 2015

Investors respond to ECB’s ‘shock and awe’ Quantitative Easing package

By Janice Roberts

By Tom Elliott, deVere Group’s International Investment Strategist Savvy investors are now re-evaluating their portfolios after the European Central Bank unleashed its historic Quantitative Easing (QE) last week. A considerably higher-than-expected €1.1 trillion stimulus package will be pumped into the Eurozone economy between March 2015 and September 2016, revealed ECB president, Mario Draghi, as he...
26 Jan 2015

New GM for Lafarge aggregates

By Staff Writer

Lafarge South Africa recently welcomed Praveen Bechoo as its general manager for aggregates. Praveen, whose appointment commenced on October 1 2014, is based at the Lafarge head office in Longmeadow, Johannesburg and is a member of the country executive committee. A qualified engineer, Praveen holds a BSc in mechanical engineering, a bachelor of commerce and...
23 Jan 2015

RDR corner

By Janice Roberts

RDR has already generated much discussion since its publication at the end of last year. We will be publishing various comments and opinions on RDR in the coming months  – below are some papers Masthead has prepared as we ready ourselves for the new legislation Product supplier responsibility Remuneration for financial planning Remuneration for customer...
23 Jan 2015

FIA warns against knee-jerk reactions to 'work in progress' legislation

By Janice Roberts

The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) discussion paper published by the Financial Services Board (FSB) on 7 November 2014 proposes far-reaching reforms to the regulatory framework for distributing retail financial products to local consumers. The proposed changes set out to address poor consumer outcomes by redefining critical concepts in the intermediated distribution space as well as...
22 Jan 2015

SONA or Budget from the armchair?

By Janice Roberts

I’d take a safe(ish) bet that a lot more people know about SONA this year and what it stands for than in previous years. SONA – is the state of the nation address – and this year it happens on 12th February at 7pm. If you are in Cape Town I believe it involves some...
22 Jan 2015

Design stars head for Guild design fair in February

By Staff Writer

Carlo Massoud will be at Guild  As the world awakens to the economic potential of Africa, all eyes are on its sources and likely staying power. A leading supporter of design-driven economic growth, Southern Guild is putting the spotlight on the continent with GUILD, Africa’s only international design fair in Cape Town from 25 February...
21 Jan 2015

Smart shopping for smart homes

By Staff Writer

A novel website, WWW.STAND47.CO.ZA, allows visitors to take a step-by-step guided tour through a physical home using only a cell phone, tablet or desktop computer. Stand 47 is an award-winning concept house co-developed by Saint-Gobain, the world’s leading producer of contemporary building technology. The home was built to physically demonstrate the considerable benefits of building with...
20 Jan 2015

Plascon talks paint 2015

By Staff Writer

A new year always brings with it a new batch of paint trends. Plascon Colour Manager Anne Roselt gives some insight into those trends that will be influencing the design world this year. Plascon launched their 2015 Palette at Decorex Joburg in August last year and will be showcasing this colour forecast at Decorex Durban...
19 Jan 2015

Packaging that packs the promotional punch

By Staff Writer

Jodam Manufacturers, a leading designer and manufacturer of custom-made promotional items for the cosmetics and personal care industry, is expanding at an impressive rate with a string of installations of new machinery and technologies.

19 Jan 2015

Pyrotec launches video

By Staff Writer

Pyrotec, a privately owned South African company with more than 45 years of experience in providing innovative and top quality product identification solutions to a broad range of clients, has just launched a video explaining exactly what they are all about.

18 Jan 2015

Wearable Architecture

By Staff Writer

FORM MATTERS is a material exploration by South African architect and designer Liani Douglas. The self initiated project investigates how the same material that is used to create large architectural masterpieces and engineering marvels around the world, can also be used to create smaller wearable architectural pieces. Concrete is used to reveal the overlap between the disciplines...
14 Jan 2015

Paragon's vision for new Sasol HQ pushes the boundaries

By Staff Writer

Sasol, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, is building its new corporate office on Katherine Street in Sandton, Johannesburg, and Paragon are the architects that took up the challenge. The vision for the new building was to somehow link the look of the new building to Sasol’s logo. The logo, which...

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