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Sandwich Generation and its debts are growing, reveals 2015 Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor

14 July 2015

• During National Savings Month, Old Mutual previews some of the significant findings of the 2015 Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor, which will be released in full on 30 July.

Life in a month

09 July 2015

July has been designated ‘Savings Month’ by the Savings Institute of South Africa. It is a good time to reflect on the choice we make between saving and spending; a choice that pits our future needs against what we need and want now. Many of us struggle with this trade-off because it’s difficult to have a tangible concept of the future and to understand how little time we actually have to save money over a lifetime. Despite procrastinating we think we will have enough time to save the money we need for retirement.

Savings: Turning small business into big business

08 July 2015

The South African Savings Institute has designated July as ‘Savings Month’, with this year’s theme, ‘Promoting a savings culture’. It is certainly right that South Africans begin to develop a culture of savings.