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Where to for central banks?

18 May 2016

This article serves to justify two points. First, central banks have largely exhausted their capacity to further stimulate the global economy using the current set of tools. And second, while they’re probably reluctant to use them, there are other levers available to be pulled should a new major crisis present itself.

SA credit downgrade – braced for impact

17 May 2016

On 4 December 2015, the international credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) revised SA’s credit outlook to negative. This means there is an elevated chance that S&P’s next credit rating change may be a downgrade. If this happens, the SA government’s long-term foreign currency debt rating will fall one notch below the level at which the debt is rated ‘investment grade’.

3 things to consider before making a provident withdrawal

16 May 2016

As a member of an employer-sponsored pension or provident fund your retirement savings are usually on auto-pilot: the monthly contributions flow unseen to the responsible administrator and to your fund managers of choice, or into the default portfolio. This detachment, however, ends when you leave your employer.

April market snapshot : Overview of the macro and micro economic factors that impacted our markets

12 May 2016

April was the month of commodity price recovery. Oil, particularly, enjoyed plenty of attention. To address the recent oil glut, oil producing countries met in Doha mid-month, but an agreement to temporarily freeze oil output failed after Saudi Arabia refused to sign the agreement in the absence of Iran. Still, Brent Crude continued its price recovery to end the month 9.2% higher. Expect to pay more at your local petrol pump and your grocery store if this trend persists.

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