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Medals, spreads and hawks: a tale of two countries

29 August 2016 | Economy

South Africa marked a historic haul of 10 medals at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, equalling its best performance ever. Host country Brazil secured 19 medals, but its much larger population means that the country won 0.01 medals per million people, compared to 0.5 medals per million people for South Africa. For Brazilians, the Games were also mired in controversy over fears that venues would not be ready in time and would end up as white elephants, while the overall cost of the games was indefensible at a time when Brazil is suffering its worst recession in decades (never mind that the cost came in way over the initial budget).

Transparency of investment products in question

26 August 2016 | General

The investment industry is changing. Investors are increasingly demanding less complex products with transparent structures that allow them to see exactly what they are getting.

The issue of costs when it comes to investing

25 August 2016 | General

There are many things that the financial services industry does not tell people. This is because there are aspects of the industry that are simply too technical for your clients to understand. For example, the debate between active vs passive investment will never go away, and quite frankly, your clients don’t need to know why it won’t.

Inflation slows towards top end of target band

24 August 2016 | Economy

Sanisha Packirisamy, Economist, and Herman van Papendorp, Head of Asset Allocation at Momentum discuss the country’s inflation in relation to targets.

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