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02 Feb 2021

SARS pursues non-compliant cryptocurrency traders

With South Africa and the world at large facing an economic downturn as a result of various factors, not the least of which being the Covid-19 pandemic, SARS is on a mission to plug the existing gaps in tax revenue collection and compliance.
02 Feb 2021

Alexander Forbes identifies key themes for 2021 and beyond

"Following the volatile year for the global and domestic economies in 2020, we expect 2021 to see an improvement, though uneven across economies," Isaah Mhlanga, chief economist at Alexander Forbes, says. “South Africa’s economic recovery depends on several factors, some controllable and others uncontrollable, with the most important one being the logistics of Covid-19 vaccines.”
02 Feb 2021

Updated financial planning handbooks released

Keeping up to date with legislative and policy changes in the highly regulated financial services industry can be challenging.Professionals need to make effective financial decisions for their clients and organisations while ensuring regulatory compliance. The best-selling South African Financial Planning Handbook 2021, published by LexisNexis, is the latest update to the most comprehensive reference work in...
02 Feb 2021

Why the value versus growth debate is defunct

As the performance gap between so-called growth and value stocks has reached its widest on record, even wider than during the 1999 dot-com bubble, predictions of value’s resurgence have become increasingly insistent. But Flagship Asset Management Portfolio Manager Kyle Wales believes this debate is a sideshow to what investors should really be considering.
02 Feb 2021

Valuation: Not a worry for now - BlackRock

Equity valuations have been top of mind after major stock indexes have scaled new highs. Last week’s volatile market moves as a result of technical deleveraging added fuel to these concerns.

02 Feb 2021

Putting a succession plan in place for your financial advice business

The advice industry continues to evolve, develop and improve, yet succession planning remains a pressure point, with global and local trends revealing that it is still the case that a small proportion of independent financial advisers (IFAs) have a clear, executable plan as it relates to business continuity when they retire.
01 Feb 2021

Why results from Novavax vaccine trials in UK and SA differ

To fast track the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a broad range of candidate COVID-19 vaccines are being investigated. The results of clinical trials being run on some of them have started to be released. The Novavax vaccine trial is one of them. Phase 3 trial results from the UK and phase 2b results from South Africa were recently announced.

01 Feb 2021

Will there be a sequel to 2013's Taper Tantrum?

As investors and economists look for the next market risks after the pandemic, some are now expecting a follow-up to 2013’s blockbusting Taper Tantrum. This sequel could even be coming to (trading) screens near you as soon as 2021.
01 Feb 2021

Index investing through a pandemic

Investors are heading into this year with 2020 whiplash and wondering what they can do to find returns in this topsy turvy world. Satrix – South Africa's 20-year-old index investment success story – says that off the back of a good last quarter of 2020, investors would do well to keep a few key insights into the investment landscape in mind for 2021.
01 Feb 2021

Are we in the midst of a market bubble?

With over 100 million cases of COVID-19 and 2.23 million deaths globally since the start of the pandemic, its impact cannot be underestimated. The COVID-19 crisis has rocked economies around the world, resulting in rampant unemployment, massive shocks to businesses and households left in turmoil.

Visit the official COVID-19 government website to stay informed: sacoronavirus.co.za