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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.
27 Nov 2019

BUSA to host second Business Economic Indaba in January 2020

Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) will be hosting its second Business Economic Indaba on 14 January 2020 in a concerted effort to mobilize collective business endeavours to improve the repositioning of the economy and strengthen the working relationship with government on key challenges facing the economy.
27 Nov 2019

The difference between saving and investing

By Jaco Prinsloo, Financial Planner at Alexander Forbes. As the year unwinds and we head into the holiday season, I know what you are thinking. Now is the time to spend and spoil yourself for a year of hard work – however this time of the year gives you a chance to take a moment...
27 Nov 2019

Saray Khumalo partners with Momentum Multiply

Momentum Multiply has announced that it will be partnering with Saray Khumalo as its official brand ambassador. Through Khumalo’s greater purpose to improve the lives of our younger generation, she emerged as a natural fit for Momentum Multiply.
27 Nov 2019

Where next for China A-shares?

By: Louisa Lo, Head of Greater China Equities, Schroders. The rise of China’s A-shares market is a theme that can’t be ignored. Here’s where we’re seeing opportunities in the country.
26 Nov 2019

A rethink on the role of government bonds

By BlackRock Investment Institute (BII). Monetary policy may have reached its limit in stoking growth and interest rates in some developed markets are nearing the lowest levels that central banks can feasibly set. This forces a rethink of the strategic role of government bonds in portfolios. The duration of bond indexes has been rising as yields decline,...

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