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30 May 2016

SA’s top financial services brands to be announced Thursday

Excitement is building for the 2016 FIA Awards gala dinner which will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg this Thursday, 2nd June 2016. The event hall is fully booked and more than 1 000 industry stakeholders will stream into the centre for the evening’s proceedings.
27 May 2016

SA Corporates hoard record highs of cash in negative markets

With business confidence at an all-time low in South Africa and flows offshore by retail investors at record highs in over a decade, non-financial corporate cash balances are sitting at R725 billion – almost the highest level on record.
26 May 2016

The risks of being underinsured. Do you know the implications?

Local consumers are traditionally underinsured – a critical oversight that only gets worse during tough economic times, especially in light of the recent announcement by the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee last week. While there was no change to the interest rate in May, it was reported that this is merely a pause and not...
26 May 2016

Are you insured against going out of business?

In difficult economic times, it’s important that you carefully watch how your business allocates its hard-earned money. “This is particularly true when it comes to your insurance cover,” says Bertus Visser, Chief Executive of Distribution at PSG Insure. Small to medium-sized businesses may have limited cash flow and potentially have insufficient cover in the event...
26 May 2016

SA still an attractive investment destination

Investors generally, but South African investors in particular, should not lose sight of the fact that South Africa remains a highly attractive – and sound – investment destination. That’s the view of investment specialist, Thomas Stringfellow, MD of Stringfellow Investment Specialists.
25 May 2016

Old Mutual Investment Group reaffirms commitment to African investment

Old Mutual Investment Group has announced a deal to increase its overall effective equity stake in African agriculture investment group, UFF African Agri Investments, to 49%. The partnership will see the strengthening of a longtime relationship between the two companies, with investment opportunities of up to $500 million into African farmland envisaged over the next...
25 May 2016

New retirement thinking for tomorrow

The issues that keep the retirement industry up at night haven’t changed much over the past four decades. Despite several ‘mini-reinventions’, from investment stage methodology to the life stage model, the majority of South Africans are still dramatically underprepared for retirement.
25 May 2016

Why you must choose a retirement savings destination

The 2016 Sanlam BENCHMARK Survey revealed that 50% of standalone retirement funds and one in three umbrella funds have not chosen a ‘destination’ for their members’ retirement journeys.
25 May 2016

Fairtree Capital partners with Jean Pierre Verster

Fairtree Capital is delighted to announce that it is partnering with Jean Pierre Verster. Jean Pierre will be the lead equity portfolio manager of a new division, called Fairtree Protea, managing a South African directional long/short equity hedge strategy as well as select global equity strategies.
24 May 2016

Don't simply change your investment strategy

Tandisizwe Mahlutshana, Executive of Marketing at PPS Investments, explains why investors shouldn’t react emotionally when making investment decisions.

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