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21 Dec 2015

Sanlam Private Wealth stock picks for 2016 – Part 3

By Janice Roberts

Every December, Sanlam Private Wealth’s analysts choose the stocks they expect to offer the most value to investors in the coming year.  Emile Fourie, Portfolio Manager, looks at ‘keeping it local’.
21 Dec 2015

Minister Gordhan congratulates City of Johannesburg

By Janice Roberts

  The Minister of Finance has issued a statement congratulating the City of Johannesburg after Fitch Ratings upgraded its national long-term rating and the national senior unsecured ratings on outstanding bonds. Fitch also affirmed the City of Johannesburg’s long-term local currency rating with the outlook on stable.
18 Dec 2015

Sanlam Private Wealth stock picks for 2016 – Part 2

By Janice Roberts

Every December, Sanlam Private Wealth’s analysts choose the stocks they expect to offer the most value to investors in the coming year.  William Ball, Senior Equity Analyst, Sanlam Private Wealth UK, looks at global stocks.
18 Dec 2015

Sanlam Private Wealth stock picks for 2016 - Part 1

By Janice Roberts

Every December, Sanlam Private Wealth’s analysts choose the stocks they expect to offer the most value to investors in the coming year.  Alwyn van der Merwe, Director of Investments, has made these stock picks.
17 Dec 2015

Fed rate rise could put rand under even more pressure

By Janice Roberts

In the past week, South Africa has pummelled through three finance ministers. The Rand has plummeted with the unprecedented axing of Nhlanhla Nene, appointment of David van Rooyen, and recently clawed its way up with the reappointment of former Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan.
15 Dec 2015

2016 to bring continuing shift towards passive investing and real assets: Old Mutual Investment Group

By Janice Roberts

The New Year will see the trend towards passive and real asset investing continue, with ongoing volatility in a positively trending global market, a potential recovery in Emerging Markets and the rise of robo-advice in South Africa. This is according to Hywel George, Director of Investments at Old Mutual Investment Group, in his 2016 outlook...
14 Dec 2015

Pravin Gordhan assures markets and investors

By Janice Roberts

The new finance minister Pravin Gordhan held his first press conference since his re-appointment on Monday.  (He previously held the portfolio for five years between 2009 and 2014).
14 Dec 2015

Pravin Gordhan’s enormous task

By Janice Roberts

Last night, President Jacob Zuma reappointed Pravin Gordhan as finance minister. This was a result of mayhem in the markets, due to Zuma’s earlier firing of Nhlanhla Nene and appointment of a little-known David van Rooyen to head the Treasury. Van Rooyen was finance minister for only four days and has now been moved to...
10 Dec 2015

No positive reaction to Van Rooyen’s appointment

By Janice Roberts

  If there has been even a teeny-weeny bit of positive reaction to the appointment of David Van Rooyen as SA’s Minister of Finance, MoneyMarketing hasn’t seen or heard it.
09 Dec 2015

How to fund your retirement when self-employed

By Janice Roberts

South Africa’s drive to create more entrepreneurs is likely to increase the number of people who are self-employed and such individuals need to be aware of efficient ways to safeguard or fund their retirement.
08 Dec 2015

SA investors increase amount sent offshore

By Janice Roberts

According to the SA Reserve Bank (SARB)’s Quarterly Bulletin December 2015 released today, portfolio investment abroad by South African investors increased notably from R10,0 billion in the second quarter of 2015 to R24,2 billion in the third quarter of 2015.
07 Dec 2015

SA on the lowest investment grade rung

By Janice Roberts

MMI Holdings’ Sanisha Packirisamy (Economist), and Herman van Papendorp (Head of macro research), give their view on Friday’s Fitch and S&P ratings reviews: