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Economic risks heading into 2023

15 December 2022

While markets got swept up by the holiday spirit, central banks continued to aggressively raise interest rates globally. During November we saw another sobering set of 75 basis point interest rate increases in South Africa, the US, Europe, as well as the UK.

Investors go multi-asset-everything as 2022 equity returns fizzle

01 December 2022

The flow of funds into, out of and through South Africa’s collective investment schemes (CIS) industry offers many ‘tells’ about investor behaviours and sentiments. For this reason, the quarterly CIS statistics published by the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) always make for interesting reading. Unfortunately, the first observation that can be drawn from the 30 September 2022 numbers is that financial market returns have, on average, been rather lacklustre of late. Why do we say that?

In a challenging trade environment, proactivity and innovation are essential

10 November 2022

As was the case with most countries, South Africa’s trade took a relatively significant knock during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent lockdown responses by government.

Consumer and investor considerations to fuel piece increases

02 November 2022

South Africans will be paying more for diesel and petrol from Wednesday the 2nd of November 2022. The latest price increases are because of higher prices for international petroleum products as well as a weaker Rand.

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