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Beyond the budget

28 February 2017

By now everyone has had some time to digest the Budget Speech, and specifically how the R28 billion increase in the tax burden that largely falls on individuals will impact us. The new top marginal tax bracket of 45% only applies to 103 000 taxpayers, who will on average pay R3 500 per month more in income tax. There are 7.4 million registered individual taxpayers in South Africa, but 6.5 million fall below the threshold income and don’t pay income tax.

Global fintech investment sees sharp decline in 2016 despite record VC funding: KPMG Q4’16 Pulse of Fintech Report

27 February 2017

2016 global fintech investment totals US$24.7B fueled by record VC investment of US$13.6B.

Do value stocks have scope to run further?

23 February 2017

Research recently undertaken by analysts at PSG Wealth has found that returns from value and growth stocks could start converging again. However, unlike last time, this time value stocks could well have the upside.