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31 Jan 2019

Sasfin Asset Managers win big at the 2019 Raging Bull Awards!

A combination of pragmatic asset allocation, the flexibility to find and act on opportunities as well as being mindful of the associated investment risks has ensured that the Sasfin BCI Flexible Income Fund achieved an award-winning 42.1% cumulative return over three years ending December 2018.
31 Jan 2019

NFB Asset Management wins Raging Bull Certificate for Best SA Multi-Asset Low Equity Fund

  The NFB Ci Stable Fund has won the Raging Bull Certificate for Top Performance on the Basis of Risk-Adjusted Returns by a Domestic Collective Investment Scheme in the sub-category South African Multi-Asset Low-Equity over the five-year period to the end of December 2018.
30 Jan 2019

The key question for successful investing

Dr Adrian Saville, Chief Executive, Cannon Asset Managers. Many investors ask, “How much money can I make?” before taking an investment position.
30 Jan 2019

Ecsponent’s green energy investment supports local development

In 2018, the JSE-listed, specialist financial services group Ecsponent Limited announced plans to invest in the development of renewable energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa. One of these equity investments is support for Invest Solar Africa Limited, a Botswana-based renewable energy investor and independent power producer (IPP).
30 Jan 2019

Cyber security resolutions: What businesses should look out for

This will be a year where companies of all sizes and industries experience a new level of alarm in realising their vulnerability to data breaches, hacking and other cybercrimes due to the proliferation of evermore sophisticated hackers.  That’s the word from Doug Clare, Vice President of Product Management at predictive analytics company, FICO.
30 Jan 2019

M&A deal value down in 2018 but improvement expected in 2019

The South African economy’s dismal performance in 2018 – and the risk-off sentiment towards emerging markets in general –  resulted in poor M&A deal values in 2018, but 2019 looks set to offer an improvement in M&A activity in the country. According to the Global Transactions Forecast (Forecast) issued by global law firm Baker McKenzie...
30 Jan 2019

What you need to know about retirement saving

AUTHOR: Shreekanth Sing, Technical Legal Adviser, PSG Wealth Retirement funds offer tax-free growth and tax-deductible contributions, making them the most efficient way to save for retirement and ensure you can retire financially secure. These include pension funds, provident funds and retirement annuities (RAs). 
30 Jan 2019

Savvy investors should plan for hedge fund turnaround

Hedge funds in South Africa account for less than 1% of the total assets managed and have experienced a beating of late, with significant outflows and some much-publicised withdrawals. Yet, according to Novare Investments, hedge funds remain a key part of any well-diversified portfolio and, although contrary to popular opinion, now may well be a...
29 Jan 2019

Index reveals how anti-corruption efforts in SA and most countries stalled

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2018, released today by Transparency International (TI), the global coalition against corruption, is evidence of a world that has not come to grips with burgeoning corruption. This is true for South Africa, as it continues to languish with a score of 43, the same as the previous year, suggesting that...
29 Jan 2019

Maria Ramos to retire from Absa

  Maria Ramos will retire from Absa Group and Absa Bank at the end of February 2019, it was announced today.

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