Investments

Rate cuts – All the more reason to shop around while corporates await the GNU Economic Growth Plan

The South African Reserve Bank has provided a clear indication that the downward interest rate cycle has begun. While this brings much-needed relief to consumers, the country’s business community must act quickly to ensure the interest they earn on their large cash piles is not eroded.

Hidden GEMs: Five factors pointing to an emerging market rebound

JSE cannot maintain sustainable heights without renewed foreign investor sentiment

Outside of the last few weeks of heightened volatility, JSE-listed equities have been on a ‘tear’ recently as positive domestic news flows and local investor sentiment push share prices higher; yet it will take renewed foreign investor interest to push local equities back up to more sustained levels.

Multi-asset income funds are a winner, but make sure your intermediary isn’t ignoring the risks

Multi-asset income funds are seen as low-risk unit trusts, but that doesn’t mean that they are risk-free. How the fund manager deals with those risks should be one of the most important considerations for any investor.