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08 Oct 2019

Standard Bank Group launches 1nvest

Standard Bank, STANLIB and Liberty are excited to announce the launch of 1nvest, a specialist index tracking fund provider. Geared specifically to provide simple, transparent and cost-effective passive investment products, 1nvest specialises in index tracking unit trusts and exchange-traded funds.
08 Oct 2019

Mid and small cap stocks - the place to be when negativity subsides

The South African mid and small cap indices have underperformed the broader equity market to such an extent since December 2016 that they increasingly present an attractive potential investment opportunity. Even a small positive change in sentiment and or economic indicators will have a positive impact on the mid and small cap sector.
08 Oct 2019

What should private equity investors be considering?

By John Seymour, Head of Private Equity at Sanlam Investments. The last 10 years have been a period of unprecedented success for the global private equity industry. During this time, more capital has been raised, invested, and distributed back to investors than ever before. Private equity funds have produced strong returns globally for investors, outperforming...
08 Oct 2019

A goal a day can keep savings blues at bay

According to Old Mutual’s 2019 Saving and Investment Monitor, South Africans are feeling the economic pinch more than ever. The 2019 statistics saw a decrease in savings for emergencies, with 38% of urban, working households only having enough money to last them a month or less should their primary source of income disappear.
08 Oct 2019

Staying? How best to insulate yourself from SA’s economic and political woes 

Extra taxes for NHI, the strong possibility of having part of your pension forced into funding failing State Owned Enterprises (SEOs) like Eskom, and the JSE having returned zero in dollar terms over 15 years are a powerful catalyst for emigration – but what if you can’t leave? Ian Edwards, partner and Africa region
07 Oct 2019

It’s not all gloom and doom (although it seems so at times)

Through hurricanes and headwinds, there are always reasons to invest, says Andrew Brotchie, managing director at Glacier International. The global economic landscape is a complex one. Trade wars, Brexit, escalating tensions between Iran and the West, and the tentative unwinding (or indeed reintroduction) of quantitative easing – arguably the biggest financial experiment in history. Add...
07 Oct 2019

APRAV warns of pitfalls of RAF's 'Claim Direct' service

The Association for the Protection of Road Accident Victims (APRAV) has expressed deep concern that the Road Accident Fund (RAF) is spending millions of rand on operational and campaign costs to aggressively recruit road accident victims to its ‘Claim Direct’ service.
07 Oct 2019

New CEO appointed at Ashburton Investments 

Sizwe Nxedlana has been appointed CEO of Ashburton Investments, the asset management arm of the FirstRand group, with immediate effect. Sizwe replaces former CEO, Boshoff Grobler, who last month moved to a new role in FirstRand Group Treasury. 
07 Oct 2019

Report: SA company leaders ‘out of touch with customers’

As organisations worldwide prepare to celebrate Customer Service Week (7 – 11 October 2019), South African executives need to be asking themselves: do we know what value we add to our customers? Nathalie Schooling, CEO of customer experience specialists nlighten, argues that the answer is ‘no’, and that too many local execs are merely paying...
07 Oct 2019

Changes to SA’s visa regime to make country more accessible for investors

The Presidential Working Committee on the Jobs Summit, which held its monthly meeting today, noted substantial progress in reforming and modernising South Africa’s visa regime, issuing water use licences, releasing broadband spectrum, saving jobs in distressed firms and improving the certainty of electricity supply.

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