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24 Oct 2019

Factor investing finds favour with investors

Factor investing is gaining in popularity, with investors attracted by the enhanced returns, reduced risk and diversified exposure that factor investing offers at a time when investors are navigating a highly uncertain future.
24 Oct 2019

Two Sub-Saharan African countries among most improved in ease of doing business

Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa continued to improve their business climates, with the region’s largest economy, Nigeria, earning a place among the year’s top global improvers alongside Togo, according to the World Bank Group’s Doing Business study.
23 Oct 2019

Life after the JSE – the innovation of small caps in the pursuit of stakeholder value

By Rob Bergman, Corporate Finance Principal at Bravura It has been reported that from January 2018 to August this year, as many as thirty-five companies have terminated their listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), with 10% of small capitalised (small cap) companies placed under cautionary notice or in the process of discussing buyouts or...
23 Oct 2019

MTBPS: SARS performance and government spending

The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement is taking place on 30 October 2019, and taxpayers anticipate significant shortfalls in tax collections and associated downward revision of the tax revenue collection target for 2020. ‘Within the context of actual economic performance over the last few years, we suggest that the tax collection target is unrealistic and damaging...
23 Oct 2019

Food inflation outcomes on the downside for September 2019

By Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business.  South Africa’s consumer inflation came in on the downside at 4.1% for September 2019 and has remained within the SARB’s target range of 3-6% for the 30th consecutive month.
23 Oct 2019

Why looking for a catalyst is not always helpful

By Anet Ahern, CEO, PSG Asset Management. As any parent of young children will attest, the need to know “why” and “when” is a natural human tendency. It is also the mainstay of daily market commentary and investment articles. Human beings believe that if we know why something happened, it will help us make sense...
23 Oct 2019

UK’s most uncertain election looms: TWO REASONS why you need to election-proof your finances now

A UK general election – in essence, a second Brexit referendum – is inevitably on the way, and if you are serious about protecting your money and assets you need to take action now. This is the warning from the CEO and founder of deVere Group, Nigel Green. He  is speaking out after UK Prime Minister...
23 Oct 2019

'All hands on deck' call for actuaries to help South Africa regain lost ground

Despite the significant challenges facing South Africa, Lusani Mulaudzi, the incoming President of the Actuarial Society of South Africa, believes that a window of opportunity has opened up that requires an “all hands on deck” approach in order to regain lost ground.
23 Oct 2019

Exchange control risks when moving funds offshore

By Bianca Botes, Treasury Partner at Peregrine Treasury Solutions. Many South Africans are actively looking to move funds offshore, for reasons that range from travel and investing to importing or exporting new products and launching new businesses. But without observing the correct exchange control procedures, you or your business could quickly land in hot water...
23 Oct 2019

Property red tape is holding SA entrepreneurs back

By Rick de Sousa, Commercial Property Finance Executive at FedGroup. Given South Africa’s unfortunate economic situation and low growth in the property sector, few entrepreneurs think of property as a financial opportunity, but nothing could be further from the truth.

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