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Fear overdose killing real wealth generation

Fear overdose killing real wealth generation

03 April 2012

A double dose of fear is killing the prospect of real wealth generation for thousands of saver-investors – a process so insidious the victims don’t even notice. The alert comes from Lara Warburton, managing director of Imara Asset Management, South Afr

JSE Africa Strategy: Exchange broadens its Africa offering

JSE Africa Strategy: Exchange broadens its Africa offering

02 April 2012

The JSE announced today that it is evolving its strategy for growing its investment offering from the rest of the continent as appetite for African investments continues to rise. The exchange already offers trade in a wide range of investment instruments

Budget takes us back to basics

Budget takes us back to basics

28 March 2012

Tax: Considered by many a different form of “capital punishment” – or at least a lifelong sentence. So investors would have paid keen attention to the tax amendments put forward in National Treasury’s 2012/13 Budget, and would have watched as further judg

Socially Responsible Investing to become key issue for retirement funds

Socially Responsible Investing to become key issue for retirement funds

28 March 2012

Social Responsible Investing (SRI), or Responsible Investing (RI) as it is now known, will become a larger focus for government in the near future and may even become regulated in the retirement industry. This is according to Windall Bekker, Head of Inves

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Unpopular hospitality shares starting to show value for investors

Unpopular hospitality shares starting to show value for investors

27 March 2012
Volatile currency markets presenting opportunities for local forex traders

Volatile currency markets presenting opportunities for local forex traders

27 March 2012
Loss-averse investors must balance risk with value

Loss-averse investors must balance risk with value

27 March 2012
JSE sectors: cheap or expensive?

JSE sectors: cheap or expensive?

26 March 2012
Luck be a fickle lady – don’t indulge her when it comes to investments

Luck be a fickle lady – don’t indulge her when it comes to investments

20 March 2012
Investment research reveals phasing in outperforms a lump sum 40% of the time

Investment research reveals phasing in outperforms a lump sum 40% of the time

20 March 2012
Are we done yet? - Cannon Asset Managers assesses the investment environment

Are we done yet? - Cannon Asset Managers assesses the investment environment

20 March 2012
Who's afraid of the bogeyman?

Who's afraid of the bogeyman?

19 March 2012