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Westbrooke generates 30MW of renewable energy for SA businesses thanks to tax incentive

07 April 2025 | General

Westbrooke Alternative Asset Management has developed a renewable energy portfolio comprising 80 electricity-producing projects backed by a diverse range of commercial off-takers through power purchase agreements.

Protecting clients’ capital in multi-asset funds

07 April 2025 | General

To achieve resilience in the multi-asset fund space, portfolio managers must build portfolios that protect the value of investors’ capital. This sounds easy enough, but as the financial advisers in this forum will know, it is quite another thing to manage your clients’ return expectations. “Clients like high returns, but they do not like volatility,” says Neville Chester, a portfolio manager at Coronation Asset Management.

Building Stability: The critical role of local capital markets in sustainable development

06 April 2025 | General

Some may say this is an understatement, but we are experiencing a year of significant economic uncertainty.

Four tips to make South Africa more investible

05 April 2025 | Economy

Inflation and interest rates will dominate economic and investment outlook presentations during 2025, as financial decision makers contemplate the inflationary impact of geopolitics and international trade wars. Kevin Lings, Chief Economist at STANLIB, told the audience at the Glacier Investment Summit, held at Emperor’s Palace, Johannesburg, that countries were nervous about the sustainability of recent inflation ‘gains’.

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Discovery’s 2024 data highlights suicide and motor vehicle accidents as leading causes of unnatural death claims. Which of these insurance planning priorities do you find most relevant in practice?

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Choosing best-in-market product Cover from an early age Structuring risk-appropriate cover Supporting clients’ mental wellbeing

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