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07 Jun 2018

Custodians of capital: why company management matters

By Gustav Schulenburg, Equity Analyst, PSG Asset Management.   Every day a company’s management team makes decisions to allocate capital and resources to specific projects, divisions and expenses – and by default, not to others. This critical decision-making process – which is at management’s sole discretion (with oversight by boards of directors) – carves out...
07 Jun 2018

Changing the shape of group disability insurance

Group disability insurance in South Africa is highly commoditised. When purchasing group disability insurance, decisions are largely driven by price in many cases. While premiums for this highly-valued employee benefit have increased over the last two years, in order to unlock the real value of group disability benefits, employers and their financial advisers need to...
06 Jun 2018

Freeze/Unfreeze function puts clients in full control of card security

Nedbank continues to offer its clients more features and benefits via its Nedbank Money™ App, with the latest being the ability to temporarily stop their cards using the Freeze/Unfreeze feature, giving its clients a whole new level of control over their card security. The Freeze function disables all chip transactions, ATM withdrawals and online purchases...
06 Jun 2018

GEMS 2017 annual report reflects strengthened financial position

The Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS), South Africa’s largest closed medical scheme, today released its annual report for 2017, reflecting a significant increase in the Scheme’s reserve ratio and surplus.
06 Jun 2018

Run your way to youthfulness this Youth Month

Discovery Vitality and parkrun celebrate their fifth anniversary. June is full of excuses to start running your way to youthfulness and great health. With World Running Day on the 6th, it is also Youth Month and five years that Discovery Vitality has been a headline sponsor of parkrun SA. Over the past five years the...
06 Jun 2018

i3 Summit 2018: A Greek perspective on SA

According to Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece, sensible market-related interventions coupled with smart redistribution of rights over factors of production could see South Africa triumph over poverty and inequality, creating a prosperous future for all its citizens. Sensible market-related interventions coupled with ‘smart’ redistribution of rights over factors of production could see South...
06 Jun 2018

SARB gains further insights on DLT developments in SA

The South African Reserve Bank(SARB) has launched the report on Project Khokha. Project Khokha is a proof of concept designed to simulate a ‘real-world’ trial of a distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based wholesale payment system. The project focussed on providing participants practical experience on aspects of using DLT in a realistic test environment where different deployment...
06 Jun 2018

The ESG Factor and sustainable investing

CEO’s of large corporates are constantly balancing the needs of various stakeholders be they shareholders, customers, staff etc. No stakeholder group has the power to effect immediate responses from a CEO like the global stock market. The long overdue push from shareholders for corporates to consider social, environmental and governance (ESG) factors is gathering ground.
06 Jun 2018

Expert retirement savings tips for late starters

Medical advancements mean that we can hope to live much longer lives, but this raises the key question: how do you save enough money to ensure that your retirement funds don’t dry up too soon – especially if you’re a late starter?
06 Jun 2018

Ten key questions to ask your tax practitioner

Many people are baffled by tax and often terrified by any mention of SARS and tax returns.

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