INVESTMENT PROSPECTS LOOKING UP
After narrowly escaping Fitch and Moody’s downgrades last week, South Africa is still on tenterhooks over S&P’s rating decision. But investors should beware of...
INVESTMENT MIX CRITICAL!
Investment costs should be a key consideration in any long-term investment strategy. Whatever the financial service industry deducts for administration, advice, commission, trading, investment...
FOCUS ON SMALLER BUSINESSES
The African growth story is no longer a fairy tale. Over the past decade multinational companies, private equity funds and infrastructure development programmes have...
SA HEDGE FUNDS – PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY DEFY QUANTITY
In the words of Alexander Graham Bell, "when one door closes, another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the...
ROBO-ADVISORS MAY COST YOU!
With new technology in the form of "robo-advisors” making its way to South Africa, investor empowerment on the increase, alongside the popularity of index...
THE CHANGING FACE OF GLOBALISATION
Globalisation is a continuing reality, but certain of its effects are increasingly coming under widespread attack and scrutiny.
Just this year, Britain voted to...
GROWTH FIGURES DEMAND INVESTOR STAYING POWER
The 3rd Edition of Nielsen’s Africa Prospects Indicator (APi) Report shows that for Africa; 2016 is proving to be ‘The Year of Change’ with...
INVEST GLOBALLY
Globalization has changed the way we shop, eat, communicate, travel and generally live.
As economies and societies integrate, the world is shrinking and, in turn,...
DEBT HITS HOUSEHOLDS
Households are increasingly cutting back on living expenses as they grapple with their stressful financial positions.
Managing their finances as responsibly as possible to...
