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Is there a place for hedge in your portfolio?

28 November 2018

There has been a great deal of negative press surrounding hedge funds in South Africa. A key aspect that has been overlooked is that despite a sharp selloff in the FSTE JSE All Share Index (ALSI) this year, a number of hedge funds have provided significant downside protection, reduced volatility and are positive year to date.

Could standardised metrics be the answer for boosting investment into clean energy?

28 November 2018

Whether or not one fully agrees that we only have 12 years to limit a climate change catastrophe, as per the latest report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is an undeniable need to clean up our environment.

Cannon Asset Managers partners with EasyEquities to launch new-age investment range

28 November 2018

Seeking to offer investors greater ease and simplicity in investing, Cannon Asset Managers has teamed up with digitally-driven investment firm EasyEquities to launch a new range of user-friendly and cost-effective investment bundles.

Assessing policy error risks

27 November 2018

It was another messy week on world equity markets. If 2018 feels like a particularly volatile year for global markets, it is partly because 2017 was so quiet. The S&P500 had only eight daily gains or losses of more than 1% last year. This year, there have been more than 50, which according to a Financial Times report, is more or less in line with its longer term average.

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Do you think short-term insurance broking will survive the AI plus humanoid robotics age?

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Human first always Not a chance Possibly maybe Yes, but reimagined

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