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16 Sep 2019

Culture is ‘the biggest competitive advantage’, says King Price

The biggest competitive advantage for South African companies in the next decade won’t be Big Data, AI, innovative marketing, slick apps or even superior service – it’ll be a dynamic company culture that creates engaged employees who take responsibility for their performance.
16 Sep 2019

Fintech: Don’t innovate into a regulatory roadblock

Technology offers immense development potential if you don’t allow compliance to trip you up. The world is in the midst of a revolution and there is both excitement and fear depending on the context of the discussion. The fourth industrial revolution is driving unprecedented advancements in the realms of big data, the internet of things,...
16 Sep 2019

How to estate plan across geographies

When planning your estate across geographies, you need to firstly ensure that your South African will is valid. That’s the word from David Thomson, CFP® Senior Legal Adviser at Sanlam Trust.
16 Sep 2019

Employee injuries pose massive risk for businesses

Regardless of safety measures, the risk of an employee getting injured at work is ever-present in any business. Indeed, recent research by SHA Specialist Underwriters has shown that nearly a third of corporations had to deal with the serious injury or death of an employee because of a work related incident in the last three...
13 Sep 2019

Old Mutual is not ‘backing down’ on litigation between itself and Peter Moyo

Old Mutual confirms it sent a legal letter to former CEO Peter Moyo’s attorneys yesterday to provide clarity that it would not be seeking further court intervention relating to Mr Moyo’s second letter of termination, but has certainly not “backed down” from its ongoing appeal process against an earlier judgement handed down in the High...
13 Sep 2019

The benefits of consulting with a healthcare adviser

By Portia Mahlalela, Alexander Forbes Health Regional Executive. In the next two months, medical schemes will announce changes in pricing and offerings for the year ahead, and often these options can make choosing the correct medical aid seem even more daunting for the consumer.
13 Sep 2019

FSCA: Steinhoff pays R53m fine

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has concluded its investigation into alleged contraventions of the Financial Markets Act No 19 of 2012 (FMA 2012) by the Steinhoff Group in the period prior to the discovery of significant accounting irregularities at the Company in December 2017.
12 Sep 2019

New study reveals SA investors unrealistic expectations

Expectation is said to be the root of all disappointment, which seems to be the case for South African investors as of late. This is according to the latest Schroders Global Investor Study, which, after surveying over 25,000 investors across 32 countries, found that South African expectations of future earnings are significantly higher than the...
12 Sep 2019

Pace of SA economic reform is dangerously slow, but all is not lost for the SA investor

As weak economic growth, social unrest and political upheaval continue to cripple the South African economy, the slow pace of reform is reaching critical levels. However, the mounting bad news for the country could mean good news for local investors as opportunities are being created as the bad news is priced into the market.
12 Sep 2019

Investec Life finalizes exclusive partnership with UK genetics company DNAfit

New partnership will use cutting-edge, award-winning innovation to empower clients in making better nutritional and fitness decisions, as part of Investec Life’s strategy to relook the status quo in the life sector.

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