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Investment goals may be a key priority in 2015

04 February 2015

2015 is set to be a landmark year for the South African financial services industry. The Financial Services Board (FSB) is putting to bed the legislative pieces which will all culminate in Destination 2016 where the various pieces will be entrenched in law as the Twin Peaks model is implemented.

Invest for income

02 February 2015

Saving is rather like trying to lose weight; it takes effort and willpower, and is entirely up to you. People often ask me how much of their annual income they should save. I tell them thirty percent, and then they will be fine in those latter years and will have a little extra for unexpected expenses. The response is invariably “that’s impossible”. I remind them that saving is about adjusting lifestyle now so that you are not forced to do so at some time in the future.

Expect elevated levels of financial market volatility in 2015

30 January 2015

Financial market volatility, which has increased over the last few months from unusually low levels, should remain elevated during 2015 as macro-economic inflection points are reached.

Why listed property appeals

30 January 2015

Boutique investment management firm, Metope Investment Managers, launches its listed property unit trust offering to the investing public on 2 February 2015. Metope is a privately owned independent firm with assets under management of more than R2.4-billion. It has successfully managed segregated institutional listed property mandates for more than seven years and has now teamed up with MET Collective Investments to offer the investing public the same investment management capability.

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