Tag: Investments
RETIREMEANT: GET MORE MEANING FROM YOUR MONEY
While most books on retirement focus only on money and ways to ensure there is enough of it, Kim Potgieter believes that your finances are...
DISPOSABLE SALARIES CONTINUE TO DECLINE!
"For the first time since the BDSI began in 2013, the average real disposable salaries declined for eight consecutive months in a row on...
SOUTH AFRICA’S 2017 BUDGET
Minister Pravin Gordhan and his team at National Treasury should be praised for striking the correct fiscal balance in this year’s budget. Gordhan understands...
Evolution of investment banking?
The financial services landscape is in a state of constant change.
The challenge for most players in this industry is adapting and evolving their business...
TFSAS – WHEN ARE THEY APPROPRIATE?
Much has been written about Tax Free Savings and Investment Accounts (TFSAs) and there was considerable excitement when these vehicles were first launched. While...
INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY IMPERATIVE
China is currently going through a tough phase in its development, but it is applying some clever tactics that should fire up its economic...
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...
