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28 Aug 2019

'Success of Treasury's plan will hinge on practical implementation'

By Professor Raymond Parsons, NWU Business School. The National Treasury’s 77-page growth plan now published for comment offers wideranging, constructive and fruitful ways for SA to make sense of its current economic malaise and in proposing several sensible policies and projects urgently needed to turn the economy around. SA has reached a crucial fork in the...
28 Aug 2019

National Treasury's paper 'detailed, well referenced'

Late yesterday, National Treasury published a paper for public comment, entitled: Economic transformation, inclusive growth, and competitiveness: Towards an Economic Strategy for South Africa.
28 Aug 2019

Personalised medicine and medical malpractice

Personalised medicine involves the consideration of health risk factors and genetic information to determine individual risk profiles. This customisation of healthcare uses medical decisions, practices, treatments, and products that are tailor-made to an individual’s requirements, and is based on hereditary profile.
28 Aug 2019

Women triumph at the FPI

Lelané Bezuidenhout, CEO of The Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPI), has announced the promotion of Adele Whyte to Head of the Membership Hub with effect from 1 July, and the appointment of Roxanne van Blerk as the new Head of Certification and Standards with effect from 1 August.
28 Aug 2019

Eris Property Group appoints new CEO

  Eris Property Group (Eris) has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  Barend de Loor will assume his new role at the property development, investment and services group as of 1 September 2019, succeeding long-standing CEO of 15 years, Warren Schultze.  Schultze will continue with Eris in an executive position with a focus on...
28 Aug 2019

Linda Mateza appointed EPPF Chief Executive and Principal Officer

The Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (EPPF) Board has announced the appointment of Ms Linda Mateza as the new EPPF Chief Executive and Principal Officer. She will take up her position on 1 September 2019.
28 Aug 2019

Rethink retirement; spend sustainably

In the face of rising living costs and high levels of household debt, the notion of retiring comfortably seems beyond reach for many South Africans. However, retirement income specialist Just maintains that soon-to-be retirees can facilitate a smoother transition towards a sustainable lifestyle in retirement by rethinking their essential spending.
28 Aug 2019

The trust is dead – long live the trust!

By Hilary Dudley, Managing Director, Citadel Fiduciary Proprietary Limited. Increasing focus on trusts by revenue authorities, both locally and offshore, has created the perception that trusts are being targeted – especially from a tax perspective – and that they are going to become obsolete. The question now is should trusts still be used in estate...
28 Aug 2019

The family office had to evolve, now it’s thriving: here’s why

By Rubem Herzog and Mathieu Saint-Cyr. In 2008, the world had an estimated 1 000 single-family offices. Less than a decade later, EY reports that the number has grown to more than 10 000. According to Campden Wealth, family offices oversee assets valued at $5.9 trillion.
28 Aug 2019

Momentum Metropolitan ESD programme supporting and driving economic inclusion

Momentum Metropolitan, (formerly MMI) welcomed the first crop of graduates from its Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) Programme yesterday.  Over the past 12 months, six entrepreneurs from the cleaning and security industries have been undergoing extensive business development training and support with Momentum Metropolitan’s ESD unit under its ESD Trust. The six business owners were...

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