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Passive investing strategies come to the fore

08 July 2015

The perception that passive investing generates lower returns than its active counterpart is being countered by the recent outperformance of passive funds when compared with active funds in South Africa and globally. As a result, passive investing is likely to increasingly find favour as part of a diversified approach.

Cautious optimism rises as local equities perform well

08 July 2015

We are well into the second quarter of the year, and investors have largely avoided the volatility that was expected to be the prevailing theme of the year. This was largely due to favourable oil prices and the benefits that it provided to the country to reclaim some ground lost through savings.

Eurozone contagion fears flare as Greek crisis enters crucial phase

01 July 2015

The announcement over the weekend by Greece’s left wing Syriza-led government took most people by surprise: A referendum allowing the public to vote on proposals put forward by the country’s creditors effectively brought an end to negotiations between Greece and representatives of its creditors, the European Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In our eyes, the Greek government’s approach has created additional animosity that probably was unnecessary. But what is more significant, to us, is that the ballot scheduled to take place this Sunday presents little chance of bringing the situation to a conclusion.

Is the ECB helping or hindering?

01 July 2015

At the 68th annual CFA Conference this year, Dr Jurgen Stark, an ex-member of the European Central Bank (ECB) executive board, spoke out against the Quantitative Easing (QE) programme recently embarked on by the ECB. ‘A risky experiment,’ he labelled it. These are his reasons.

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