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Unit trusts: investment timeframe key

09 April 2014 | Unit trusts

In 2000, the collective investments industry had only R117 billion assets under management, with R44 billion in equity funds, R6 billion in asset mix funds and R33 billion in money market funds. Industry assets have since ballooned to R1.5 trillion, with R300 billion in equity funds, R630 billion in asset mix funds and R250 billion in money market funds. This is despite the temporary setback of the most severe global downturn in 2008/2009 since the great depression.

Global Survey finds South African investors optimistic about stocks in 2014, but focused on physical assets

09 April 2014 | General

South African investors see best opportunities in Property, Stocks, Precious Metals, and Non-metal commodities in 2014 and the next 10 years - according to Franklin Templeton Global Investor Sentiment Survey.

Grindrod Bank launches ‘smart beta’ ETFs

09 April 2014 | ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds)

Grindrod Bank has launched two additional low-cost equity exchange traded funds (ETFs) under the exclusive licence of S&P Dow Jones Indices, with whom Grindrod Bank has recently aligned. The ETFs will list on the JSE on 14 April 2014.

Understanding your conservative investment in a rising interest rate environment

07 April 2014 | General

On 29 January 2014, South African Reserve Bank (SARB) governor Gill Marcus announced that the repo rate would be raised for the first time since 2008. The repo rate is the “rate at which the private (sector) banks borrow rands from the SA Reserve Bank (SARB)”. The repo is used as the benchmark interest rate from which other local interest rates and yields on interest bearing securities are derived. The SARB justified the largely unexpected decision by citing concerns surrounding local currency weakness as well the burgeoning upside risk to inflation. The reason many economists ruled out an early restrictive interest rate hike is that growth forecasts for South Africa continue to be subdued.

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