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Old Mutual’s Smoothed Funds declare highest bonus in six years

13 March 2014 | General

Old Mutual’s range of smooth bonus funds has continued to deliver, despite the harsh economic climate that faced South Africans in 2013 – declaring the highest bonus figures since 2007.

JSE lists new range of ETNs

12 March 2014 | General

Today, BNP Paribas, one of the world’s largest banking groups, lists a range of Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) on the JSE. These ETNs will offer South African investors greater opportunities to diversify their investment portfolios through offshore exposure.

Taking a Global Bond View

12 March 2014 | General

After a year when sovereign debt markets produced widely varied performance globally and even greater divergence within Europe, fixed income investors have much to ponder in 2014. Franklin Templeton International Bond Group Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager John Beck believes that a modest upturn in global growth, accompanied by gradually diverging interest-rate policies and currency prospects across regions, offer a way forward for discerning fixed income investors. Above all, he believes the year ahead will be a period where the potential benefits of global diversification could make all the difference.

Beat the market flux with flexibility

12 March 2014 | General

Investors were already tested this year by a sell-off in emerging market currencies, increased stock market volatility and a surprise rate hike here in SA. Questioning an investment strategy is therefore quite understandable.

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Do you think short-term insurance broking will survive the AI plus humanoid robotics age?

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Human first always Not a chance Possibly maybe Yes, but reimagined

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