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21 Oct 2021

How retail investors can “invest for the good”

It has become increasingly clear that how we invest has a wide-ranging impact – touching on the environment, on society, on inequality, and on governance. Sustainability has become a buzzword, and it is plain business savvy.
21 Oct 2021

App addresses change in SA’s investment trends

Spending habits are not the only behavioural difference seen in consumers since the onset of the Covid-19 induced lockdowns, investment and savings trends have changed too. Financial services provider, Fedgroup, has updated its App to cater for these needs.
20 Oct 2021

Why stagflation is a concern

Worldwide Google searches for the term stagflation are at the highest level in a decade. Bloomberg reported that its news service has published a record number of articles on the topic. There is clearly a worry that current elevated inflation will persist and coincide with global economic stagnation.
20 Oct 2021

How to fast track your claims process

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the need for consumers to familiarise themselves with their insurance cover and what they need to comply with in order to lodge a successful insurance claim, says Kabelo Gude, Chief Operations Officer at Hollard’s Life Solutions division.
20 Oct 2021

Investors scanning global equity markets to find the next winner

There are thousands of investors tirelessly scanning the global equity markets to find the next Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft or Tesla. They are part of an unofficial ‘gold rush’ aimed at uncovering the next big winner. To stake your claim requires expert knowledge of financial markets and a clear understanding of the trends that are most likely to drive investment returns over the next decade.
19 Oct 2021

BlackRock's Weekly Market Commentary: 1970s stagflation? It’s the opposite

Prices have climbed around the world, with commodities prices surging and U.S. inflation hitting a 13-year high. It’s the first time since the 1970s that a supply shock is the main culprit. This is where the comparison ends. There’s no risk of 1970s-style stagflation, in our view. Economic activity is increasing briskly and has room to run.
19 Oct 2021

The global economy is reshaping to meet the climate threat – is your portfolio ready?

The idea that climate risk represents investment risk has moved from a novelty in the investment world to something approaching mainstream thinking in just a few years, says Manuela Sperandeo, Head of EMEA Sustainable Indexing, BlackRock.
19 Oct 2021

Renewed focus on home-based care as an alternative to hospital care

The shift towards home-based care was accelerated by the Covid pandemic. Although not necessarily always possible for Covid patients, the benefits of home-based care vs hospitalisation have been highlighted for both patients and their families for several procedures and illnesses.

19 Oct 2021

Unequal healthcare access persists among employed population

Disparity in healthcare access among employees within South African companies has been a point of contention for over two decades. The reason attributed for this untenable situation has long been that private medical cover is prohibitively expensive. But this is no longer the case.
19 Oct 2021

Investing across generations

A client recently asked us an interesting question about long term investing – if one wishes to pass on an inheritance to the next generation, should it be fully invested in equities alone? At face value, there is a temptation to say yes. Equities, as is often repeated, have historically outperformed other asset classes ‘in the long term’ and, so the argument goes, the inevitable volatility along the way should not matter over such a long time-horizon.

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