"In line with our goal-based philosophy, we are now offering our individual clients more opportunities to invest their money in a way that balances the potential for competitive returns with effective protection of capital," says Sizwe Nxedlana,…
"The question investors should be asking themselves is whether the SARB will continue to hike the repo rate with the latest inflation print being 4.7%, below expectations of 4.9%, and with other emerging markets beginning to cut rates," writes…
“We are encouraged by the positive sentiment in the market, with a sizable number of respondents expressing optimism that the remainder of 2023 will see a healthy amount of deal flow," says Tshepiso Kobile, CEO at the Southern African Venture…
"The deceleration in headline inflation globally is underway, which is a strong tailwind for fixed income investments. The disinflationary trend will allow global central banks to pause tightening cycles earlier while growth remains resilient,…
"South Africa's youth are at the heart of this transaction. It's about the significant impact that a deal of this size will unlock for South Africa's future," says Mujaahid Hassan, Co-Head of Hybrid Equity at Old Mutual Alternative Investments.
“Over the last eight years, our focus has been on the affiliate strategy, which involves identifying the best boutique investment talent in South Africa and investing in their businesses without interfering. We aim to offer strategic guidance…
"We were not surprised to see investors tapping into their investments because during the second quarter, the repo rate increased by 0.5% to a 14-year high of 8.25%, placing an additional burden on consumers servicing debt like home loans and…
"Our models are trained on a smaller set of data inputs but are expected to deliver a high level of accuracy in performing the specific task that they’ve been trained and fine-tuned for," says Raffaele Savi, Jeff Shen, & Yaki Tsaig, at BlackRock…
"The well documented economic challenges and ailments mean that our ‘economic vessel’ doesn’t seem very seaworthy, to both local and foreign investors. These challenges include load shedding and the toll it takes on economic growth, the spectre…
"It is important to note that we still have a lot more men than women with share portfolios – only 25% of our Share Invest client base who disclosed their gender are women. This is in-line with global norms and, although the balance has improved…
"Three main factors have contributed to this trend: continued inflationary pressures and supply chain disruptions; tightening financial conditions by central banks, and easing demand in certain end-markets such as residential solar and electric…
"Despite having fallen out of favour in recent years due to the implementation of stricter measures to prevent tax avoidance, trusts are still one of the most effective estate planning tools for families, even more so when you take family pricing…
"It is difficult to generalise or to ascertain if this is idiosyncratic, but there are some key characteristics that women tend to possess that may account for their outperformance in the market," says Chantal Marx, Investment Research Head,…
Adam Bulkin, Head of Global Portfolios at Sanlam Investments Multi-Manager says the dot-com bubble was a real-life example of behaviours such as herding, confirmation bias, regret avoidance and recency bias which, combined, led to poor investment…
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