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CoreShares lists Top 50 ETF

13 May 2015 | General

Grindrod Bank’s passive investment management business CoreShares, in partnership with S&P Dow Jones Indices, today listed a Top 50 ETF focused on South African equities.

Is it time to invest in the mining sector?

13 May 2015 | General

Daniel Sacks and Hanré Rossouw, portfolio managers of the Investec Commodity Fund*, explain why they see value in the resources sector and how the sector will recover.

Deterioration of SA’s economic prospects raises fundamental questions

13 May 2015 | General

While global growth’s current sluggishness is not ideal for South African economic prospects, there are more concerning local factors to consider here at home. This is according to Old Mutual Investment Group Chief Economist, Rian le Roux, who says that issues such as electricity shortages, SA’s worsening competitiveness, labour troubles and the poor relationship between government, business and labour are holding back the country’s chances of structural reform.

UK strategy update – a Conservative majority

13 May 2015 | General

It was a result which surprised almost everyone. David Cameron’s Conservative Party swept to victory in last Thursday’s general election, sealing a small outright majority which very few thought possible beforehand. Speculation around possible coalition permutations involving either of the leading parties were put to rest. The poor showing by Labour and the Liberal Democrats prompted the swift resignation of their respective leaders, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg. The other big news of the night was the tidal wave of support for the Scottish National Party, which managed to secure 56 of the 59 Scottish seats, decimating previous Labour territory north of the border.

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