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08 May 2018

Almost half of SMEs will buy insurance online within five years – report

A growing number of small businesses say they are looking to interact with their insurers online, with 36% saying they will buy online in the near term, and 48% within five years.
08 May 2018

Have you practiced dying?

Have you considered what will happen if you met your demise on the way home from work this evening?
07 May 2018

The greenback makes a comeback

By Dave Mohr (Chief Investment Strategist) & Izak Odendaal (Investment Strategist), Old Mutual Multi-Managers. In the past two weeks, the two major global central banks both held monetary policy meetings that ended with interest rates unchanged. What is more important than what was done (or not) is what was said.
07 May 2018

How to optimise benefits from your rewards programme

By Sonja Fourie, Head of Absa Rewards and VAS. We love our loyalty programmes in South Africa. Seventy-nine percent of us use loyalty programmes – and have even upped our usage over the past year. Nearly two-thirds of us belong to between two and five programmes, making us the most loyalty-programme-mad nation in the world...
07 May 2018

Engineering, construction and real estate industries’ 2018 risks

The Allianz Risk Barometer 2018 reveals that risks of storms, earthquakes and floods are a top concern for businesses operating in the engineering, construction and real estate industries. Business interruption risks at 40% are in #2, showing a steady increase from 2017. Fire, explosion is a new emerging threat at #3 with 29%, which is...
07 May 2018

FNB launches South Africa’s first biometric mini-ATM

FNB has become the first bank in South Africa to introduce a mini-ATM that uses biometrics as a means of validation for consumers.
04 May 2018

How to save for the home of your dreams

Thami Cele, Absa’s Head of Savings and Investments, talks savings strategies for home improvements, and how to reduce overall spending to create your ultimate abode.
03 May 2018

Is this the end of the eurozone recovery?

By Azad Zangana, Senior European Economist and Strategist at Schroders. The early estimate of real GDP growth for the eurozone showed a significant slowdown for the first quarter of the year. Quarterly GDP growth fell from 0.7% to 0.4% – the slowest pace of quarterly growth for six quarters. The year-on-year measure fell to 2.5%,...
03 May 2018

Attorneys warned against new wave of targeted cyber attacks

Corporate companies are by no means immune to cybercrime, with McAfee’s latest report1 indicating that it cost the global economy as much as $600 billion in 2017. According to Christopher Appanah, Claims Team Leader (PI and Liability) at SHA Specialist Underwriters, cybercrime is also evolving rapidly with attacks becoming more elaborate.
03 May 2018

Building a robust estate plan

Investment managers go to great lengths to plan ahead so that investment portfolios will withstand market volatility and unforeseen events. But how do you construct a robust estate plan that will withstand the onslaught of the many legislative changes and punitive taxes introduced in recent years?

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