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Standard Bank Group launches 1nvest

Standard Bank Group launches 1nvest

08 October 2019

Standard Bank, STANLIB and Liberty are excited to announce the launch of 1nvest, a specialist index tracking fund provider. Geared specifically to provide simple, transparent and cost-effective passive investment products, 1nvest specialises in index tracking unit trusts and exchange-traded funds.

Glass half full or half empty

Glass half full or half empty

08 October 2019

It’s been a rocky start to the final quarter of the year, as far as world equity markets are concerned. There is no shortage of conflicting signals, unease and uncertainties keeping investors up at night. The optimists and pessimists are slugging it out.

Mid & small cap stocks

Mid & small cap stocks

08 October 2019

The place to be when the excessive negativity inevitably subsides.

Staying? How best to insulate yourself from SA’s economic and political woes

Staying? How best to insulate yourself from SA’s economic and political woes

08 October 2019

Extra taxes for NHI, the strong possibility of having part of your pension forced into funding failing State Owned Enterprises (SEOs) like Eskom, and the JSE having returned zero in dollar terms over 15 years are a powerful catalyst for emigration - but what if you can’t leave?

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The strongest deterrent against FSP compliance missteps is or should be:

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It’s not all gloom and doom (although it seems so at times)

It’s not all gloom and doom (although it seems so at times)

08 October 2019
People have unrealistic expectations

People have unrealistic expectations

03 October 2019
The Rule of Law’s role in attracting foreign investment

The Rule of Law’s role in attracting foreign investment

02 October 2019
Refinitiv’s H1 2019 Summary of the South African Fund Market Industry, Using Lipper Data

Refinitiv’s H1 2019 Summary of the South African Fund Market Industry, Using Lipper Data

30 September 2019
Naspers or Prosus: the detail is in the devil

Naspers or Prosus: the detail is in the devil

26 September 2019
Real Assets Could Be the Alternative

Real Assets Could Be the Alternative

25 September 2019
A hawkish cut and a dovish hold

A hawkish cut and a dovish hold

25 September 2019
Beat the odds this World Cup

Beat the odds this World Cup

20 September 2019