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22 Aug 2019

Speedy access to comprehensive data essential in fraud investigations

With fraud representing one of the biggest threats to business, how can organisations best protect themselves and what should they do on discovery of suspected fraud?
22 Aug 2019

NHI: We can’t afford to get this wrong

The goal of universal health coverage is essential and not negotiable. However, OUTA, the South African non-profit civil action organisation, believes that unless the NHI Bill is changed substantially, it is unlikely to get us to this goal.
21 Aug 2019

Consumer price inflation moderates below expectations in July 2019

By Matlhodi Matsei, FNB Economist. According to Stats SA, consumer price inflation slowed down to 4% y/y in July, from 4.5% in June. This outcome was also below the market’s expected outcome of 4.3% y/y.
21 Aug 2019

Our fragile rand - Are the doomsayers right?

By Alwyn Van Der Merwe, Director of Investments at Sanlam Private Wealth.  In the face of high levels of political and economic risk associated with South Africa, the relative resilience of our fragile rand has continued to surprise investors – until around a month ago when it started reacting negatively to increased global risk as...
20 Aug 2019

Outperformance of female investors over their male counterparts 'no surprise'

A recent study by the Warwick Business School, which analysed the behaviour and returns of 2800 investors over three years, found that women outperform men by 1.8%. By looking at a range of criteria, the study was able to ascertain a number of significant differences between the genders when it came to their investment behaviour....
20 Aug 2019

Guernsey aims to make a mark in SA’s private wealth scene

A Guernsey Finance-led roadshow to South Africa will share the message that Guernsey is a secure and robust jurisdiction that can provide asset protection with substance.
20 Aug 2019

Local CIS investors take cautious approach

The local Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) industry completed the second quarter of this year with assets under management of R2.4 trillion, spread across 1 607 portfolios. Almost half of these assets were held in South African (SA) Multi Asset portfolios (49%), with the rest in SA Interest Bearing portfolios (29%), SA Equity portfolios (19%) and SA...
20 Aug 2019

Time to shine for SA's top portfolio companies

Following the astounding success of last year’s inaugural SAVCA Industry Awards, which showcased the high quality of local portfolio companies and their wide-reaching impact, the Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA) is making a final call for nominations to the Southern African business community ahead of the upcoming SAVCA Industry Awards.
20 Aug 2019

King Price’s women are breaking glass ceilings in the insurance industry

The South African short-term insurance industry is still largely a boys’ club, with women in perilously short supply at board and C-suite level. But if a growing number of women in the industry have their way, this is going to change – sooner rather than later.
20 Aug 2019

Is this market losing its marbles?

By: Lesley-Ann Morgan, multi-asset fund manager at Schroders The chart that caught the eye of the Schroders Multi-Asset Investment team in July shows that the relationship between the ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) and the S&P 500 index has broken down.

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