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Offshore retirement structures offer an array of investment options for SA investors

31 August 2018

South Africans looking for tax-efficient retirement planning solutions have an array of offshore investment options available to them – but it’s important to choose the right investment vehicles, and to choose reputable financial advisors with a sound track record.

Global investing: finding opportunities in uncrowded spaces

30 August 2018

Investing successfully over long periods is tough and there are masses of incredibly smart people combing the globe for bargains. To think that anyone has a leading edge in such a competitive space may well be misguided, especially when it’s been shown time and again that the average investor underperforms market indices.

10 years on since Lehman - what is the greatest market risk now?

30 August 2018

A new paradigm of fear and uncertainty was unleashed on the world with the demise of Lehmans on the 15 September 2008. And while markets have recovered, spectacularly in some cases, a lingering symptom of the crisis could be one of today’s biggest risks to buoyant stock markets.

National Treasury, JSE launch new electronic trading platform for government bonds

29 August 2018

In a move that will position South Africa’s Capital Markets amongst the most sophisticated in global Capital Markets, the JSE, together with National Treasury (NT) and a multi-stakeholder group consisting of Strate, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) and the banking institutions servicing primary dealers, officially launched the electronic trading platform (ETP) for government bonds at the JSE today.

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