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13 Apr 2021

Cape Town's rank in Schroders' Global Cities Index improves

Cape Town has improved its position by 20 places in this year’s Schroders Global Cities Index, and is currently number 438 in the 2020 rankings. This places the city 20 places higher on the list since the publication of the 2019 Index.

13 Apr 2021

Investment technology has to adapt to the investment journey

Wealth managers need to adapt behavioural science techniques to boost client engagement and enhance client profiling to improve the investment journey, according to behavioural finance experts Oxford Risk.
13 Apr 2021

Harith launches top-up fund for further investment in its infrastructure assets

Harith General Partners, one of the largest investors in African Infrastructure, has announced a US$200 million capital raise in a follow-up fund to its Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF) 2, that is open to existing and new investors.
13 Apr 2021

Investing in enduring generational shifts

Understanding and profiting from the shifting behavioural and financial dynamics of a world in which there is a changing of the guard, requires recognising what aspects of life will endure and what have fundamentally changed.
13 Apr 2021

It's okay to build wealth slowly

At Morningstar, we study how people make financial decisions and the obstacles they face in making effective choices. Through our behavioural finance research, our goal is to better understand investors - who they are, what it means for them to succeed, and how we can guide them along the way. We then apply these insights to help investors reach their financial goals.
13 Apr 2021

Looking on the bright side of life ... and investing

It’s not easy being an optimist in South Africa. As soon as you think things are improving, something comes along to shake your confidence. This happens almost daily. No wonder many people take a position of permanent pessimism. That way they are less likely to be disappointed.

13 Apr 2021

Profmed calls for transparency in vaccination rollout

As aspects of the government vaccine rollout program immerge, the CEO of medical scheme Profmed, Craig Comrie, expressed concerns with snail pace and opaqueness of government’s vaccination rollout programme, which he believes stems from the South African government’s lack of engagement with the broader healthcare industry.
12 Apr 2021

Veteran journalist Vernon Wessels appointed as Finance Media's MD

Finance Media has hired veteran journalist Vernon Wessels with immediate effect as Managing Director. Vernon joins from U.S.-based global news agency Bloomberg, where he helped build the Johannesburg office into one of the most formidable newsrooms in Africa in various roles as reporter, editor, manager and trainer.

12 Apr 2021

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: Commodities rewired

Oil and industrial metals have rallied since late-2020 on expectations for a swift economic restart, sparking talk of a new commodity “supercycle.” We see a more nuanced outlook – with a divergence across different commodities.

12 Apr 2021

Outvest makes it possible for IFAs to service more clients in less time

OUTvest, the low-fee, online investment platform powered by OUTsurance, has geared itself to help streamline and grow Independent Financial Advisor (IFA) businesses. IFAs can now make use of a white-labelled version of OUTvest’s platform to service their clients end-to-end, from investment planning to onboarding and even ongoing advice.

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