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How to optimise your investments in the current economic climate

How to optimise your investments in the current economic climate

21 October 2016

Comprehensive financial planning can improve the health of your wealth.

Are fees the only game in town?

Are fees the only game in town?

20 October 2016

Investment costs matter. In the context of a finite market return, investors fall short of the total market return by the total investment costs they incur. Whatever the financial service industry charges for administration, advice, commission, trading, investment management or performance is at the expense of the client’s return.

Combining investment styles for more consistent performance

Combining investment styles for more consistent performance

18 October 2016

Investors are often told to diversify their risk across asset classes, industries, geographies and financial instruments. However, a factor that is seldom mentioned – at least in the retail market – is also diversifying portfolios to include complementary investment styles.

Asset managers need to reinvent themselves in a changed world

Asset managers need to reinvent themselves in a changed world

13 October 2016

Bonds are currently Prescient’s preferred asset class

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Is there a case to be made for corporate credit?

Is there a case to be made for corporate credit?

13 October 2016
Rethinking cash - Is it still king?

Rethinking cash - Is it still king?

13 October 2016
Why are people buying negative yielding bonds?

Why are people buying negative yielding bonds?

13 October 2016
Daylight robbery plaguing SA investment market

Daylight robbery plaguing SA investment market

12 October 2016
In volatile environments, investors urged to look beyond the yield

In volatile environments, investors urged to look beyond the yield

12 October 2016
Pound Falls as Hard Brexit Looms

Pound Falls as Hard Brexit Looms

10 October 2016
Growing an investment portfolio: What makes a successful asset manager?

Growing an investment portfolio: What makes a successful asset manager?

06 October 2016
Fiscal stimulus - the next uplift for commodities?

Fiscal stimulus - the next uplift for commodities?

03 October 2016