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What Q1 tells us about South Africa’s growth trajectory

02 May 2018 | Economy

After a prolonged period of relative calmness, the first quarter of 2018 has been characterised by the return of volatility in both international and in local markets. Starting with the broader picture, global markets started the year enthused by continued broad-based economic strength, while an upbeat US employment data release in January proved an unexpected catalyst triggering a spike in risk aversion.

Ashburton Investments to spin-off its Dynamic Equity Hedge Funds into standalone empowerment business

02 May 2018 | General

Ashburton Investments, the asset management arm of the FirstRand group, announced today that it will be spinning off the Ashburton Dynamic Equity Hedge Funds business at the end of April 2018.

80 percent of active investment managers continue to underperform their benchmark index

26 April 2018 | ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds)

Latest data from the end-March 2018 Quarterly Collective Investment Schemes Performance Survey, shows that, on average, 80% or more of general equity unit trusts and other collective investment schemes (ETFs), fail to produce total investment returns above the FTSE/JSE All Share Index.

Finding opportunity in the volatility

25 April 2018 | General

The first quarter proved to be a difficult one with the Allan Gray Equity, Balanced and Stable Funds all delivering negative returns. The most significant detractors were the international investments (via the Orbis funds) and local equities. World markets fell 1% in dollars, the rand strengthened by 4% over the period and the FTSE/JSE All Share Index declined 6%. In our Balanced and Stable Funds, the positive contribution from fixed interest was insufficient to offset the equity declines.

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