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10 Oct 2023

Opportunity for mining in the energy transition journey

By: Aeysha Samsodien, Senior Equity Analyst at M&G Investments The fortunes of South Africa’s mining sector have an outsize impact on the JSE, accounting for roughly a third of its total market capitalisation, and it is a highly cyclical and volatile sector. Miners also face significant challenges such as energy reliability, environmental impact, supply chain...
10 Oct 2023

Laurium Capital celebrates 15th anniversary

Einstein’s old adage “time flies when you are having fun” is something the Laurium Capital team can certainly attest to. On 1 August 2023, the company celebrated its 15-year anniversary, and yet, if you ask founders Murray Winckler and Gavin Vorwerg, they’ll tell you it seems like only yesterday when they set out with R100m...
10 Oct 2023

Liberty’s Lifestyle Protector celebrates 20 years

For the past two decades, Liberty’s flagship product has been delivering to clients an overarching protection plan that covers a variety of needs. As a long-term insurer, the Lifestyle Protector has paid out over R67 billion in the past 20 years, changing the lives of more than 380 000 families. The plan is based around four...
10 Oct 2023

Fiduciary update with Louis van Vuren, CEO of The Fiduciary Institute of Southern Africa (FISA)

It has been a challenging period for fiduciary practitioners, Louis. Please can you elaborate. There are currently at least two main industry challenges. As the only body solely focused on fiduciary practitioners in SA, FISA is abreast of the fiduciary landscape, lobbying and making input where necessary, and communicating back to members how best to...
06 Oct 2023

NHI can make or break SA’s healthcare system

By: Phumelele Makatini, Chief Executive Officer, HFA National Health Insurance (NHI) has the potential to make or break South African healthcare, depending on the strength of its foundation. With the extensive world-class skills and experience in medical funding on offer within South Africa’s private sector, the Health Funders Association (HFA) asserts that the NHI will...
06 Oct 2023

Trends set to define the short-term industry over the next decade

By: Jerry Anthony, Old Mutual Insure Chief Commercial Officer The major trends we see dominating the industry over the long term include a partnership-based approach to Artificial Intelligence-enabled insurance, personalised underwriting, and financial advisers becoming experts in underwriting and risk mitigation. A partnership-based approach to AI-enabled insurance We believe that AI will be a tool...
05 Oct 2023

Finally, medical aid that young people can afford

By: Jeremy Yatt, Fedhealth Principal Officer Fedhealth’s latest new development is the flexiFEDSavvy option. A game-changer for the industry, this hospital plan offers a young, fun and future-focused medical aid alternative for the movers and shakers of tomorrow, a.k.a. under-35 digital natives. With annual inflation reaching a 3-year high in July 2022 (7.8%), budgeting for...
05 Oct 2023

Unforeseen tax debt arising from crypto trading – how did we get here?

By Jashwin Baijoo, Head of Strategic Engagement and Crypto Asset Compliance and Kiara Naidoo, Tax Attorney, Tax Consulting SA Landing in a position of indebtedness to SARS can be quite a stressful journey on its own; forgetting to leave room for crypto profits or gain, the destination becomes all the more daunting.  What classifies as...
05 Oct 2023

AI’s coming for the forex sector, but it needs to get the basics right first 

By Josh Kotlowitz, Chief Technical Officer, Future Forex  Artificial intelligence (AI) is riding high at the moment, in no small part thanks to the booming popularity of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney. Unsurprisingly, that means that people in almost every industry and sector are wondering how AI will impact them. The foreign...
03 Oct 2023

Smart Beta Investing is the best of active and passive investing

By: Bernisha Lala, Head of Indexation at Old Mutual Investment Group If you’d rather avoid the never-ending debate between active and passive investing but recognise the value in combining elements of both worlds, then look no further because there’s a solution for you.  Enter the world of “smart beta” or factor investing, a strategy that...

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