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prescribed assets

30 Apr 2019

Does investing for a better South Africa require prescription?

By Janice Roberts

Forcing retirement funds to invest in certain prescribed assets is likely to have unintended consequences.  It’s likely to worsen the already fragile confidence in the economy. It’s also likely to fuel policy uncertainty in areas such as property rights. These views were expressed by Elias Masilela, Executive Chairman of DNA Economics and Chairman of Impact...
08 Mar 2019

Should you be protecting your pension from the ANC?

By Janice Roberts

The Institute of Race Relations believes that South Africans should be protecting their pensions from the ANC and today released the following statement:
17 Jan 2019

ANC’s manifesto is a ‘wake-up call’ for investors, warns deVere Acuma

By Janice Roberts

The ANC’s manifesto should serve as a “wake-up call” for investors to consider creating, building and safeguarding wealth internationally. This is the clear warning from Gavin Smith, Head of Africa at deVere Acuma.
08 Aug 2017

'Thou shalt invest as prescribed'

By Janice Roberts

By Albert Botha, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager at Ashburton Investments. With the ANC policy conference over and political fatigue setting in, one of the final little nuggets released on the last day was that the ANC is mulling over the possibility of prescribed assets in pension funds.
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