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28 Nov 2019

The aim of the PPS Moderate Fund of Funds

By Luigi Marinus, Portfolio Manager at PPS Investments The PPS Moderate Fund of Funds is a multi-asset medium equity unit trust that is managed according to Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act. The aim of the PPS Moderate Fund of Funds is to achieve an inflation of +4% over rolling five-year periods. The fund...
28 Nov 2019

Make sure your retirement fund is getting the right answers

By Jeremy Hawson, Employee Benefits Divisional Manager, GCI Employee Benefits. A company’s employee benefits play a key role in determining how desirable it is as an employer, and how well it can retain staff. A good benefit’s package also helps keep staff engaged, with a direct impact on the bottom line. As a result, companies...
28 Nov 2019

Insurance and risk in an age of social media

With over 16 million Facebook users alone in South Africa, social interaction increasingly involves the conscious – and also unconscious – exchange of personal information online.
28 Nov 2019

Teaching children the value of money

Learning the value of money makes it easier for children to develop good money management. This is according to Alexander Forbes Certified Financial Planner, Mandy Porter.
27 Nov 2019

African Bank sponsors Chairman’s Conversation with President Cyril Ramaphosa

On Thursday 28 November at 20:00, African Bank will proudly be sponsoring Power 98.7 special Chairman’s Conversation.  This year POWER 98.7 Chairman, Mr Given Mkhari, will be in conversation with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
27 Nov 2019

Confidence up marginally from depressed levels: RMB/BER

After dropping from 28 in the second quarter to a 20-year low of 21 in the third quarter, the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) rose to 26 in the fourth quarter – the first improvement in two years. This outcome reflects the responses of 1800 business executives surveyed during the first three weeks of November.
27 Nov 2019

How to find inflation beating returns in alternative asset investments

By Ashburton Investments Alternative Asset Management team Private market investing is becoming mainstream in South Africa (SA) as investors shift to assets such as private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure. Institutional investors, high net worth individuals as well as regular investors are seeking inflation beating investments after a sustained period of low JSE returns.
27 Nov 2019

US-EB5 investor visas – what you need to know

By: Reginald Labuschagne, Head of Product and Strategy at Sanlam Private Wealth On 21 November 2019, the required investment for South Africans seeking permanent residency in the US via the popular EB-5 investment visa programme increased from US$500 000 to US$900 000. This significant escalation aside, however, investors looking at securing ‘green cards’ via the programme need to...
27 Nov 2019

No rate cut in spite of lower inflation

By Dave Mohr (Chief Investment Strategist) & Izak Odendaal (Investment Strategist) from Old Mutual Wealth.  Local consumer inflation fell to 3.7% in October, the lowest since February 2011. This fact has a number of implications, not least for the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). In many ways, inflation is fundamental to how...
27 Nov 2019

Insurance industry now has single Ombudsman

As MoneyMarketing reports in its December issue, OLTI and OSTI have merged. The insurance industry will have a single Ombudsman from 1 January 2020. He is retired Judge, Mr Justice Ron McLaren, who brings with him a wealth of judicial experience and knowledge in dealing with and resolving insurance disputes.

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