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COVID-19

20 Mar 2020

As if retiring isn’t life-changing enough

By Janice Roberts

Times like these are tough for everyone. Uncertainty abounds and markets show very high levels of volatility.

20 Mar 2020

Dischem will limit customers to six units an item to stop panic buying

By Staff Writer

Dischem Pharmacies has decided to limit the number of items consumers can purchase with immediate effect. This is in response to government’s call on citizens to refrain from excessive purchasing and stockpiling goods as it intensifies its efforts to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19). Minimise panic buying With immediate effect, shoppers will be able to purchase...
19 Mar 2020

Securex postponed to August

By Varushka Padayachi

Specialised Exhibitions has decided to reschedule its Securex South Africa, A-OSH Expo and Facilities Management Expo trade shows to 18 to 20 August 2020 following developments in the COVID-19 national state of disaster Ban on mass gatherings The three co-located shows will still take place at Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg. ‘Measures declared by the President...
19 Mar 2020

If you exit your unit trust portfolios now, you lock in your losses

By Janice Roberts

When stock markets crash and bad news just keeps on coming from all corners of the globe, panic is a natural reaction for many unit trust investors.

19 Mar 2020

Taking the first steps if you test positive for COVID-19

By Janice Roberts

While people who contract COVID-19 (Coronavirus) who are under the age of 80 and do not have any pre-existing conditions – such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, hypertension or cancer – are most likely to experience only flu-like symptoms, those who are over 80 years of age or individuals with pre-existing conditions are...
19 Mar 2020

Insurance claims and COVID-19

By Janice Roberts

If you haven’t already dusted off the business interruption, liability and event cancellation policies you have underwritten, or placed for an insured, and checked for coronavirus coverage, now is the time to do so.
19 Mar 2020

COVID-19: What policymakers can and can’t do

By Janice Roberts

Pandemics like COVID-19 invoke behavioural responses amongst economic agents that cannot be changed by government stimulus packages. But, there is still a lot macroeconomic policymakers can do.

18 Mar 2020

Best Practices for Minimising COVID-19 Transmission in the Built Environment

By Staff Writer

Courtesy Biology and the Built Environment Center at the University of Oregon This article first appeared in ARCHITECT. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s online pathogen identification database MicrobeNet and the Biology and the Built Environment (BioBE) Center at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore., have expediently published a paper outlining transmission pathways of COVID-19 in...
18 Mar 2020

Don’t get out of the market when temperatures run high

By Janice Roberts

Global markets are reeling from the largest declines in the prices of “risky” assets since the global financial crash of 2008. With trillions of rand in value being wiped off various listed equity valuations daily, pension funds and individual retail investors would naturally be worried about just how much money they could lose.

18 Mar 2020

Public Service and Administration COVID-19 outbreak

By Staff Writer

The government continues to serve with caution amid the COVID- 19 outbreak Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’ s declaration of the State of National Disaster due to the Corona Virus (COVID–19), the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) calls for government departments to ensure all necessary precautions are in place to mitigate the spread of...
18 Mar 2020

Ashburton Investments’ views on the markets amid COVID-19 concerns

By Janice Roberts

Firstly, it is worth noting that the recent market events have been unprecedented and quite extreme, even for the most experienced investment teams across the globe.

18 Mar 2020

The global cognitive distortion of panic and Covid-19

By Janice Roberts

Where did all the toilet paper go? Snapshots of empty store shelves, low levels of storable staples like rice and noodles and city-states raising emergency levels has served to escalate panic-buying and even shop-raiding in some parts of the world.