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12 Oct 2016

How auto-enrolment and behavioural finance work together

It is well established that most human beings are not rational in their thinking, which is why behavioural finance experts have had to think of fresh ways to incentivise people whose attitudes towards money and savings work against their best interests.
12 Oct 2016

SARB launches whistle blowing hotline

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has established a facility that enables whistle-blowers to report wrongdoing related to the business of the SARB.
11 Oct 2016

Gordhan confirms Hawks summons

The National Treasury issued a statement this evening in which it says that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan received and signed for a summons issued by the Hawks this morning.
11 Oct 2016

MTBPS 'may contain surprises' - economist

Emerging market countries are not immune to crises: be they capital flight or currency or banking crises, says Lesiba Mothata, Chief Economist, Investment Solutions.
11 Oct 2016

'Fiscus won't fund South Africa's nuclear build programme'

Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson today told parliament that the fiscus would not fund South Africa’s nuclear build programme.  She said the Department of Energy would propose to the Cabinet that Eskom be the designated procurer for the programme and that the parastatal’s balance sheet be used to raise funds. The Democratic Alliance (DA) , however,...
11 Oct 2016

Gordhan summons has serious economic consequences

The NPA decision today to issue a summons for the arrest of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on fraud charges inevitably has serious economic and business consequences for SA, some of which have already become immediately apparent in the financial markets.
10 Oct 2016

Pound falls hard as Brexit looms

Dave Mohr & Izak Odendaal, Old Mutual Multi-Managers, give us their opinion on the British pound as well as on US non-farm payrolls.
10 Oct 2016

Liberty pleased with implementation of EAC measure

Liberty has successfully implemented the Effective Annual Cost (EAC) measure – a useful tool for customers and financial advisers to compare charges on investment products.
10 Oct 2016

What makes a successful asset manager?

Being successful in today’s ultra-competitive asset management environment is not about being a star manager over the short term. These days, what separates the good from the average manager is the use of sound principles that focus on the investment process over the long term, rather than the outcome. This is according to Peter Linley,...
10 Oct 2016

The pound is pounded but investors urged to avoid knee-jerk reactions

The pound might have been taking a pounding in recent days, but investors should avoid knee-jerk responses, warns a leading analyst at one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.

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