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It’s time to get real about expected returns

17 July 2012 | General

“Investing in today’s world is like canoeing o¬n a river with a weak current, you have to really paddle hard and know what you are doing to get to where you are going, with no help from the environment.” Peter Brooke

Responsible investing is the new normal

17 July 2012 | General

Building environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into the transaction life cycle or investment process across all asset classes is fast becoming the new normal – so agree 300 of the world’s leading asset managers and owners who attended

Market volatility - The wild rollercoaster market ride

17 July 2012 | General

Remember 2008? Whilst for some it may seem like some time ago, 2008 was the year of the global financial crisis, an event that created such turbulence in economies across the globe, that we are still living through the consequences today. It appeared that

How Many Actively Managed Unit Trusts Can Outperform the Index?

13 July 2012 | Unit trusts

A recent Research Report, compiled by Daniel Wessels an independent financial adviser, called “The Quest for Alpha”, finds that an average 20% or less of actively managed Unit Trusts were able to beat the FTSE/JSE SWIX index over periods ranging from 1 ye

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No buying opportunity in commodities

13 July 2012 | General

China is key factor for commodities over Eurozone recession threat

13 July 2012 | General

Using the JSE for international investing - What about investing in Apple? –

12 July 2012 | General

National Treasury proposes Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) tax dispensation for SA

11 July 2012 | General

Sluggish house price recovery loses momentum

11 July 2012 | General

The ‘cash dash’ an offshore trend to avoid, says Imara

09 July 2012 | General

I want to invest… How do I know who I should be listening to?

06 July 2012 | General

Looking beyond guaranteed return products for inflation-beating returns

03 July 2012 | General

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It’s time to get real about expected returns

Responsible investing is the new normal

Market volatility - The wild rollercoaster market ride

How Many Actively Managed Unit Trusts Can Outperform the Index?

No buying opportunity in commodities

China is key factor for commodities over Eurozone recession threat

Using the JSE for international investing - What about investing in Apple? –

National Treasury proposes Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) tax dispensation for SA

Sluggish house price recovery loses momentum

The ‘cash dash’ an offshore trend to avoid, says Imara

I want to invest… How do I know who I should be listening to?

Looking beyond guaranteed return products for inflation-beating returns