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19 Dec 2016

Festive season survival guide for SMEs

With the festive season already in full swing, it is imperative that both seasonal and non-seasonal businesses alike take heed of the holiday’s pressures and ensure business continuity in order to retain customers and steady profit margins for the new year.
15 Dec 2016

Tips for parents to save for children's school fees

With the start of 2017 looming, many parents may have started to consider the cost of their children’s school and tuition fees for the next school year. While families have a number of financial commitments to attend to every month, this is the time of year where school funds are often moved to the top...
15 Dec 2016

Give the gift that keeps giving

This time of year sees both children and adults preparing their wish-lists for the upcoming festive season. But as many South Africans continue to grapple with rising debt, now is a good time to shift the focus from giving material items to providing future financial wellbeing.
15 Dec 2016

The Fed’s ‘significant’ rate rise – but investors don’t need to accept lower returns

Investors do not need to accept lower returns because of the Federal Reserve’s rate raise, affirms Nigel Green, founder and chief executive of deVere Group.
14 Dec 2016

Retail distribution review (RDR) status update as at December 2016

  The Financial Services Board (FSB) has published a status update on progress with implementing the proposals of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR).
14 Dec 2016

BankservAfrica’s latest data confirms weak 2016 economy

The November BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) was 1.2% lower year-on-reflecting the weak 2016 domestic economy, according to Dr Caroline Belrose, Head of Fraud and Data Analytics at BankservAfrica. In addition, the quarterly decline of -2.2% in November continues a negative quarterly trend now seen for seven consecutive months in a row for the first...
14 Dec 2016

Insurance implications for holiday house renters and tenants

With this year’s festive season almost upon us, most consumers are already preparing for their holidays. However, holidaymakers often forget to check that their short term insurance policy will cover their possessions during this period, whether they are at their own holiday home, renting a hotel room or letting out their own residential property on...
14 Dec 2016

More stock picks for 2017

As a tumultuous year winds down, Sanlam Private Wealth analysts look to the year ahead and choose the stocks they expect will offer the most value to investors. In this article, we look at Portfolio Manager Sizwe Mkhwanazi’s stock picks for the year ahead.
13 Dec 2016

     
13 Dec 2016

RiskMap 2017: Southern Africa

Macro-economic instability fuelled by low oil prices and global economic sentiment will continue to be the main driver of business risks across Southern Africa in 2017. Governance improvements and the embedding of certain democratic practices and norms will limit the scope of potential for deterioration among African nations, but challenges will still persist.

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