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15 Oct 2019

STANLIB’s Victor Mphaphuli named best Fixed Income Manager at ABSIP 2019 Awards

STANLIB is proud to announce that Victor Mphaphuli, Head of Fixed Income, was awarded Fixed Income Manager of the year at the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP) Awards ceremony on Friday evening. This is Victor’s third ABSIP award, reflecting his extensive contribution to the industry, having managed bonds and income funds for...
15 Oct 2019

Why crypto is particularly hot in South Africa

South Africa is a leading market for cryptocurrency adoption. This is according to Luno, the country’s most popular cryptocurrency exchange, which was launched in South Africa in 2013 and was one of the early pioneers that helped build the country’s cryptocurrency infrastructure. Today, Luno is available in over 40 countries.
15 Oct 2019

Are you on track for retirement?

By: Kim Potgieter, Director and Head of Life Planning at Chartered Wealth Solutions Have your considered what life will look like in retirement? Visualising this chapter is essential to retiring successfully. We strive to be financially secure, yet many neglect planning for what they will do in retirement. Studies now show that the average person can expect...
15 Oct 2019

How NHI will affect your pay and the payroll department in your organisation

President Cyril Ramaphosa says that all South Africans will be covered by the National Health Insurance (NHI) by 2025, but there is still little clarity as to how the NHI will be funded.
15 Oct 2019

Are you safe from cybercrime?

Falling prey to online scammers is easier than you might think, with scams becoming increasingly more sophisticated and less blatant than the now well-known ‘Nigerian prince’ emails that clog up our spam folders.
14 Oct 2019

Winners of Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences announced

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 to: Abhijit Banerjee Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA Esther Duflo Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA Michael Kremer Harvard University, Cambridge, USA “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”.
14 Oct 2019

Does your life insurance match your life stage?

From philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard, who identified three life stages, and philosopher and mystic, Rudolf Steiner, who based human development on seven-year cycles, to ancient Chinese wisdom and psychologist, Sigmund Freud’s psychosexual stages of life, many have tried to pinpoint the various phases of human evolution.
14 Oct 2019

The potential perils of passives

By Carolyn Levin, Director – Investment Management, Stonehage Fleming South Africa. With passive equity funds threatening to take over their active peers in the US, and active managers struggling to outperform the market over recent years, one may be tempted to start switching into passive investments. However, as the global economy potentially heads into more...
14 Oct 2019

How to be safe rather than sorry

By Bertus Visser, Chief Executive of Distribution at PSG Insure. We’re often rushing around to get from where we are, to where we need to be next. Hurrying can result in accidents like forgetting to lock a door or leaving something important behind.  With a little more planning, perhaps it could be easier. If there...
14 Oct 2019

IAM adds depth and diversity to SA Equity & Balanced team

Investec Asset Management has further strengthened its investment team with the appointment of Rehana Khan as a co-portfolio manager in the SA Equity and Balanced strategies, with effect from January 2020. Khan will bring a wealth of experience to Investec Asset Management, having spent twelve years at Prudential Investment Managers. She was appointed portfolio manager...

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