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Investing in Offshore - beware of international estate duties!

15 November 2016 | General

More than ever, South Africans are looking into investing offshore - with protection from the weakening Rand and the need for some buffering against an increasingly unstable economic climate being among the major drawcards. Investing overseas also offers access to investment options and structures that are not available on the domestic market.

Impacts and implications of a Trump presidency

15 November 2016 | Economy

Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump emerged victorious in the US presidential election, the result was always going to be a second-best outcome for global economies and markets with both candidates being widely regarded as weak.

Coming to terms with Trump

15 November 2016 | General

Monday’s rare supermoon – where the moon will be the closest to the earth at any point between 1948 and 2034 – appears to be the apt metaphor for this year’s string of unlikely events. Some will say it started when the odds on Leicester City winning the English Premier League went from 5000/1 to 1/5 in May. Then Brexit happened, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union membership, followed by Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States.

Let us work together to rectify our faults

14 November 2016 | Economy

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has come out of a very testing period of the year unscathed and with his head held high as the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa decided to withdraw the fraud charges that it levelled against the minister in September.

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The strongest deterrent against FSP compliance missteps is or should be:

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A criminal conviction Debarment Fine or penalty Any of the above can work

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