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05 Feb 2020

SA financial services need to get serious about creating shared value

Student researchers from the African Institute for Financial Markets and Risk Management (AIFMRM) at UCT have challenged SA’s financial services to be more innovative in how they approach the creation of shared value to solve much needed social and environmental challenges.
05 Feb 2020

Political and environmental risks are the main threats facing businesses in 2020

As Coface launches the 2020 edition of its Country & Sector Risks Handbook, Chief Economist Julien Marcilly presents the main threats for the global economy in 2020 at the Coface Country Risk Conference in Paris.

05 Feb 2020

Tax free savings account or retirement annuity?

The TFSA was introduced by the National Treasury to encourage South Africans to save
04 Feb 2020

Investec launches SA’s first structured product that addresses environmental sustainability

The drive to protect the planet and to make sure human development is done in an environmentally sustainable way is already becoming one of the key issues of the 2020s.
04 Feb 2020

Why doing what feels comfortable may not be what is right

In the current environment it may feel intuitive, or right, to conclude that you should be investing all of your money offshore.

04 Feb 2020

Where do insurance companies stand on EWC? – IRR

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) today launches an open-letter campaign to put to insurance companies two cardinal questions relating to the government’s plans to enable expropriation without compensation (EWC).
04 Feb 2020

FISA supports Master’s Office investigation

The Fiduciary Institute of Southern Africa (FISA) welcomes the decision announced by Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola to allow the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) to conduct search and seizure operations across the Officers of the Master of the High Court across the country.

04 Feb 2020

Franklin Templeton wins again at Raging Bulls Awards

Franklin Templeton was presented with three straight performance certificates at the 24th annual Raging Bull Awards ceremony in Cape Town earlier this week. The event recognizes outstanding performance by unit trust fund managers in selecting investments for their portfolios, taking into account consistency and aversion to risk. Franklin Templeton added to its collection of achievements...
04 Feb 2020

How we should think about potentially disastrous events in an investment context

The continued rapid spread of the Wuhan coronavirus – which goes by the technical name of 2019-nCov – is still dominating the headlines and markets have predictably been under pressure over the past few weeks.

03 Feb 2020

Morningstar announces 2020 South African Fund Awards finalists

Morningstar Research (Pty) Limited, a subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced the finalists for its 2020 South Africa Fund Awards.

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