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29 Mar 2021

'Doctors may feel compelled to provide ivermectin'

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about worldwide economic, social and medical uncertainty. For doctors, this uncertainty extends to whether new treatments will be beneficial to patients in protecting them from the coronavirus or not. They also worry about the medicolegal implications of clinical decisions they take in the face of rapidly evolving clinical knowledge and shifting regulations.
29 Mar 2021

How to invest offshore with confidence

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.

29 Mar 2021

Momentum pays out an estimated R750m in Covid-19 related death claims

When Momentum reflected on life insurance pay-outs for Covid-related deaths in October last year, it recorded at around R160 million, which seemed like a big number. Fast forward to end February 2021, and it pales in comparison to the staggering R750 million worth of Covid related death claim pay-outs by Momentum.
29 Mar 2021

1nvest’s commodity ETFs scoop four wins at the SALTAs for 2021

Specialist index tracking asset manager 1nvest, a collaboration between Standard Bank, Liberty and STANLIB, is proud to announce that three of its commodity Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) received top honours at this year’s South African Listed Tracker Funds Awards (SALTAs).

29 Mar 2021

POPIA: Less than 100 days to go

There are less than 100 days to the deadline to ensure compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA).
29 Mar 2021

Which lockdown habits could last a lifetime?

As an investor focused on changing lifestyles, Charles Somers, Fund Manager at Schroders, discusses how to separate the pandemic’s lasting impacts on consumer behaviour from its transient ones.
26 Mar 2021

Standard Bank arranges SA’s first listed social bond for TUHF Ltd

TUHF Ltd., with the assistance of Standard Bank, has launched South Africa’s first social bond listed on the JSE, the proceeds of which will be directed towards inner-city affordable housing projects.
26 Mar 2021

How to gain the most from a tax-free investment plan

It’s been six years since National Treasury introduced tax-free savings accounts (TFSAs) to encourage South Africans to invest. With a TFSA there is no tax on interest or dividends received, and no capital gains tax (CGT) on funds withdrawn.
26 Mar 2021

Financial emigration 'the cleanest route out of SA'

The process of financial emigration, which is the process that allows a taxpayer to formally place themselves on record as a non-resident for tax purposes with the South African Revenue Service (SARS), recently changed and came into effect on 1 March 2021.

26 Mar 2021

Ashburton MidCap ETF wins SALTA award

Ashburton Investments’ MidCap ETF has won a SALTA 2021 award for the most capital raised by a South African Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) over one year.

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