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Offshore Investing

29 Mar 2021

How to invest offshore with confidence

By Staff Writer

As we move towards the end of the first quarter of 2021, it seems timeous to review the state of the local investing landscape and the extent to which markets have reciprocated the hope with which many market participants would have started the new year.

23 Mar 2021

Is intellectual property one of the most valuable assets of the information age?

By Staff Writer

Before you start creating intellectual property (IP), make sure that you structure it correctly, to avoid unnecessary frustrations when it comes to any future sales or transfer.
10 Feb 2021

Investing in China in the Year of the Ox

By Staff Writer

Stepping into the Year of the Ox, HSBC Global Asset Management believes that the macro recovery in China will continue to lead the global market in a post-COVID context.
08 Feb 2021

Offshore trading enhanced by comprehensive research

By Staff Writer

South Africa currently makes up less than one percent of the total global economy. This means that limiting your investment activities to only our local markets is effectively doing your portfolio a disservice, because it will be missing out on the many potentially lucrative growth opportunities that are available in many other parts of the world.
29 Oct 2020

Looming US elections has SA investors looking for guarantees in their investments

By Staff Writer

By: Fareeya Adam, Head of Retail Product Solutions at Momentum Investments Achieving high-risk returns and retaining the certainty of guarantees is possible Will Trump serve a second term or is this Biden’s race to win? Predicting election results and the market’s reaction to it is a futile exercise, but our brains are hard-wired to seek...
13 Oct 2020

Are SA investors more motivated by money or morals?

By Staff Writer

Investing is a personal choice and a number of influences will hold sway over where people put their money. A personal value system is one such influence and, for most South Africans, this appears to be non-negotiable. This is according to the recently released Schroders’ Global Investor Study 2020 – an annual survey that canvassed...
13 Oct 2020

Dealing with offshore estates can be complicated

By Staff Writer

With more South Africans moving assets offshore, many investors are unaware of the unforeseen tax and fiduciary hurdles associated with ownership of foreign assets, according to Mandy Dix-Peek, Head of Old Mutual Wealth Fiduciary Services. She says that the global COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted this potential hurdle for families at the worst time possible. “This...
28 Sep 2020

The real reason you should be investing offshore

By Staff Writer

By: Chris Potgieter, Managing Director of Old Mutual Wealth Private Client Securities Discounting for a moment the state of the local economy and one’s particular socio-political view, the key motivation for any investor to invest offshore should be to have appropriately diversified wealth in pursuit of real capital growth at an acceptable level of risk....
08 Sep 2020

Investing offshore opens a world of possibilities

By Staff Writer

By: Standard Bank Wealth International South Africa accounts for less than 0.5 percent of the world’s gross domestic products, or GDP. Investors who therefore expand their horizons beyond local borders have access to the other 99.5 percent, which makes a strong case for diversification and investing in international markets.  There are other benefits to offshore...
26 Aug 2020

Looking beyond the COVID-19 crisis

By Staff Writer

By: Justin Floor, fund manager at PSG Asset Management Over the past few months, the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak has shifted. In the early days, governments around the world hoped that by acting decisively, the outbreak could be put behind us swiftly. This has not proven to be the case and the disease has...
06 Aug 2020

Old Mutual Wealth expands tax-free options with tailored fund portfolios

By Staff Writer

Investors targeting a specific investment goal or wanting to diversify their investments offshore will be pleased to know that Old Mutual Wealth Tailored Fund Portfolios (TFPs) can now be used for tax-free savings. TFPs are the Discretionary Fund Management offering by Old Mutual Wealth that creates and manages a range of solutions in order to...
22 Jul 2020

SA businesses look offshore to ease COVID-19 pain, open new markets

By Staff Writer

The COVID-19 lockdown left a trail of devastation across entire industries – but it has also forced many South African businesses to look for new approaches and markets, with a growing number looking to establish offshore operations to create a greater range of options and opportunities. While numerous South Africans have offshore investments, retirement structures...