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New brand campaign exposes retirement industry tricks

12 May 2014 | General

At a time when less than 10% of the country’s population* has enough money to comfortably retire, a new brand campaign is lifting the lid on troublesome industry practices that are often not in the best interest of South African investors and which hinder them from reaching their retirement goals.

Macroeconomic factors are not good predictors of returns, says RECM

08 May 2014 | General

Macroeconomic indicators have far less impact on investment returns than many investors think. Focussing on the future direction of economic variables risks losing sight of the most important predictor of investment returns - the price you pay for the asset in the first place.

Scouring Europe for overlooked value in equities

08 May 2014 | Equities

For the past year and a half, Europe’s economic fundamentals have been recovering from one of the worst financial crises since the Great Depression. To achieve the notable progress Europe has seen since then, significant structural reforms have been introduced in a number of countries. At the same time, the European Central Bank (ECB) has adopted a monetary policy that has featured historically low interest rates and numerous extraordinary measures designed to support investment and growth. So it’s not surprising to my team and me that as economies have recovered, equities have recovered as well. Even so, we don’t believe it’s too late to invest in European equities. As long-term investors, we take a five-year or even longer view on European equities. That being the case, we think this is still very much a good time to invest.

JSE currency derivatives market sees highest value and volume traded since market inception

08 May 2014 | General

As at the end of April this year the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) Currency Derivatives Market saw the value of futures and options traded reaching an access of R1trillion since the market’s inception in 2007.

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