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17 Oct 2017

CoreShares launches Multi-Factor Smart Beta Fund

CoreShares, a leading passive investment manager in South Africa, today announced the launch of its new Smart Beta equity fund – the CoreShares Scientific Beta Multi-factor Index Fund.
16 Oct 2017

Santam launches app for insurance intermediaries

Proper risk management starts with asking the right questions. For insurance intermediaries specialising in commercial insurance, giving clients sound advice depends on a thorough understanding of all the possible risks a business can face. One critical step toward getting this right is capturing data as accurately and quickly as possible.
13 Oct 2017

Congratulations on winning our prize!

MoneyMarketing congratulates Johann Kruger (CFP) at Orenco Independent Financial Advisors for being the lucky winner of our ‘batch of books’ prize at the IFA Symposium held earlier this week in Johannesburg.  Happy Reading, Johann!
13 Oct 2017

Figures announced by SARS for SVDPs

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced on Tuesday 10 October 2017, that with the close of the Special Voluntary Disclosure Programme (SVDP) on 31 August 2017, over 2,000 SDVP applications were made and a tax liability of R1,181,734,842 had been calculated.
13 Oct 2017

Old Mutual named as Number 1 Top Employer in SA and Ghana

Top kudos went to Old Mutual for being an employer of choice when the company was named as the Number 1 Top Employer in South Africa and Ghana at the Top Employers Institute gala dinner in Johannesburg last night.
12 Oct 2017

Extreme weather events: An insurer's perspective

Santam, South Africa’s largest general insurer has been inundated with media enquiries following this week’s catastrophic weather conditions in large parts of the country, including Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.
12 Oct 2017

Minister Gigaba & DG Mogajane lead delegation to IMF 2017 Annual Meetings

The Minister of Finance, Malusi Gigaba, and the Director-General, Dondo Mogajane, are leading a senior National Treasury delegation to represent South Africa at the 2017 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group, which will take place from 13 – 15 October, 2017.
12 Oct 2017

Minister Gigaba must ensure message of MTBPS is 'credible'

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba must ensure that the message of the next Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) is credible – and builds confidence in the road ahead for the SA economy, in ways which reduce policy uncertainty. That’s the word from Professor Raymond Parsons of the North-West University School of Business and Governance.  He was speaking...
12 Oct 2017

Santam signs UN's Marine Sustainability Agreement

Santam has become the first South African insurer to sign the world’s first insurance industry statement relating to marine sustainability. Announced today at the 2017 Our Ocean conference in Malta, the statement is part of a global effort to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and to restore overfished populations and vital fish habitats.
11 Oct 2017

Emerging market opportunities: Turning chaos into profits

South Africa’s economy continues to struggle and faces significant headwinds in the immediate future. This despite a very supportive global environment and some improvements locally, such as a somewhat better growth picture and the support of lower inflation and interest rates. Unfortunately, medium to longer term growth prospects are not promising – and might actually...

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