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Finding balance in a world of extremes

02 October 2018 | General

We as South Africans sometimes tend to be overly pessimistic or anxious. In fact, according to the latest 2017 perception index as compiled by Ipsos, South Africans ranked highest in terms of misperceptions. Misperception can go both ways of course, however, South Africans’ misperceptions tend to be more negative, and according to Consultancy.co.za “demonstrate a rather pessimistic national outlook.” Considering where we came from and the difficult period over the previous nine years, who can blame us?

Sifting the fleeting from the fundamentally important

01 October 2018 | Economy

Economic data is released daily and could stir up a cocktail of sometimes confusing signals for investors. But, the truth is, long-term investors focused on the fundamentals only need to watch a handful of economic trends. At this year’s All Access Summit Arthur Kamp, economist at Sanlam Investments, cut through the noise and showed us what to focus on.

African Private Equity-backed IPOs among largest IPOs in Africa

01 October 2018 | Equities

Private equity continues to play a key role in bringing companies to the African market, according to a report issued in South Africa by PwC and the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA). The report – Africa Private Equity-backed IPOs 2010-2017 – provides a historic analysis of private-equity backed and non-private equity-backed IPOs between 2010 and 2017 on exchanges throughout Africa, as well as IPOs by African companies on international exchanges.

Optimal Investment Growth Basket Limited removes complexity of offshore investing

01 October 2018 | General

Given that South Africa only presents a minor portion of the investable assets in the world, there are significant opportunities for local investors to diversify their investments by looking offshore. However, many are intimidated by the challenges revolving around this process.

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

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Human first always Not a chance Possibly maybe Yes, but reimagined

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