Tag: economic growth
SME’s survive another tough year
South African small and medium enterprise owners were exposed to one of the toughest years in decades, not only for economic reasons but also for factors influencing business activity levels.
ELECTION EUPHORIA BOOSTED CONSUMER SENTIMENT
Although the FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) recovered to -3 in 3Q2016, consumer sentiment remained well below the long-term average reading of +4 for...
RATINGS REPRIEVE, BUT WORK TO BE DONE
After a tense period in which the three major global ratings agencies assessed the local economy, government policy and more, South Africans can head...
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...
GLOBAL WORKFORCE RISKS
With about half of the world’s fastest growing countries based in Africa, the continent is quickly becoming a global business and economic hotspot. However,...
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...
FAMILY BUSINESS SECTOR REPORTS GROWTH
Despite the current economic uncertainty and the accelerating pace of change, South Africa’s family business sector has high ambitions for quick and aggressive growth...
EXPAND INTO AFRICA
According to the 2016 African Economic Outlook report, Africa’s annual GDP growth increased from around 2% in the 1980s and 1990s to above 5%...
