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Are investors becoming more conservative?

13 November 2015

ASISA recently released the unit trust industry’s Q3 2015 statistics, revealing a few interesting investor trends. Carl Roothman, head of Retail at Sanlam Investments, highlights some of the trends observed.

Investing the Shariah way with Sanlam Private Wealth

12 November 2015

Muslims account for 11% of high net worth individuals in South Africa, and are the fastest growing millionaire group in the country, according to the South Africa 2015 Wealth Report. The report, by market research firm New World Wealth, states that the number of Muslim high net worth individuals – people with net assets of US$1 million or more – grew by 190% over the past eight years.

PPS Investments launches Index Tracking Fund

11 November 2015

PPS Investments has launched PPS Balanced Index Tracker Fund, a passive portfolio which aims to track the PPS Balanced Index. Duane Littler, Executive of Business Development at PPS Investments, says that the PPS Balanced Index is a customised multi asset high equity composite index that is diversified across a number of constituent indices.

Investors’ offshore appetite still growing – db X-trackers

11 November 2015

db X-trackers, the JSE-listed range of five exchange traded funds (ETFs) focused on leading global equity markets, continues to win significant support from South African investors.

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

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