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Getting the balance right

11 April 2013 | Equities

A summary of quarter two global and South African economic outlook as well as equity markets commentary is summarised below.

Large US banks offering more value than local banks

10 April 2013 | General

The South African banking sector is not as compelling from a valuation stand point as the large US banks. This is according to Paul Whitburn, portfolio manager at value based asset manager, RE:CM, who says that although South African banks are well-capita

Prescient launches its China Balanced Fund

08 April 2013 | General

Prescient Investment Management has announced the launch of the Prescient China Balanced Fund, which has been approved by the Financial Services Board (FSB) to be marketed to the retail market in South Africa. The fund launch comes shortly after the inves

Monthly South African ETF, ETN and Unit Trust index tracking performance survey

05 April 2013 | ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds)

For the first three months of 2013, “rand hedge” products were in clear ascendancy as the rand depreciation was the dominant force in investment markets. Top performers were ETFs, linked to international equity markets, as such equity markets showed a go

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