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‘With inflation falling and growth collapsing it is time to cut interest rates’

21 June 2017 | General

Clyde Rossouw, Portfolio Manager, & Nazmeera Moola, co-Head of fixed Income, argue that now is the time for the SARB to take the lead and make a bold, but correct step by cutting rates and thereby provide some relief to the SA economy.

US rate hike hasn’t derailed the Rand

20 June 2017 | General

The US Federal Reserve (the Fed, as it is commonly known) increased its target interest rate last week as expected by 0.25%. The fourth increase since the start of the historically gradual hiking cycle in December 2015, it takes the fed funds rate target range to a range of 1% - 1.25%. (We pay close attention to US markets and interest rates since they set the tone for global markets and by implication, South African markets.) The Fed also spelled out plans to reduce its $4.5 trillion balance sheet, which ballooned after three rounds of quantitative easing between 2008 and 2014.

Sanlam announces the first ever Balanced UCITS Fund managed solely by Artificial Intelligence

19 June 2017 | General

Sanlam Global Investment Solutions (SGIS) has today announced that the Sanlam Managed Risk UCITS Fund is now managed solely by Artificial Intelligence (AI) – making it the first Balanced Fund in the world fully driven by AI.

Should your portfolio be exposed to South African bonds?

19 June 2017 | General

Amid heightened political intrigue around the Zuma administration – and in the wake of credit rating downgrades to junk status by both Standard and Poor’s (S&P) and Fitch, as well as the recent downgrade by Moody’s – local investors have grown increasingly wary of South African government bonds.

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