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When patience meets politics

17 July 2018 | Economy

“It’s the economy, stupid” was the mantra of Bill Clinton’s 1992 election campaign. He beat incumbent president George Bush largely because of this focus at a time when the US slipped into a brief recession. James Carville, the Clinton adviser who coined the phrase, is also known for saying that, if reincarnation existed, he would like to be reincarnated as “the bond market” because it can “intimidate everybody”.

New SA private markets firm drives international portfolio access for local investors

16 July 2018 | General

…Helical Capital Partners established in Johannesburg, South Africa…

Fixed income ETFs: Democratising price discovery for investors

16 July 2018 | ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds)

Opportunities to invest nimbly in fixed income securities have traditionally been limited for all but large, sophisticated investors. The emergence of fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has changed that and brought some much-longed-for democracy to the fixed income arena, explains Jason Xavier, head of EMEA ETF Capital Markets at Franklin Templeton Investments.

Looking beyond emerging market jitters to China, India

16 July 2018 | General

Fund managers of the Chindia Equity Fund Simon Finch and Craig Farley look back over the last few months' volatility within emerging markets and say why they believe China and India offer investors an attractive opportunity.

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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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