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Crisis tears the heart out of pension savings

12 November 2010

Every action has a consequence. The consequence of shifting liability from the employer to the retirement fund member – by moving from a defined benefit to a defined contribution environment – has been brutally exposed by the global financial crisis. “The

Can South Africa bank on its emerging market status?

29 October 2010

Billions of rand of foreign investment capital has flooded into South African equity and bond markets through 2010. Fund managers in the US, UK and other developed economies cannot resist the yield on offer at the southern tip of Africa. The nominal yield

The six key objectives of retirement reform

15 October 2010

The retirement reform and national health insurance (NHI) debates – put on ice during the recent economic recession – are suddenly on the agenda again. The feeling from industry commentators is that NHI has jumped the queue to occupy first place on govern

Is this an unhealthy obsession?

01 October 2010

The struggle between the Financial Services Board (FSB) and financial services provider Dynamic Wealth is chartering a familiar course. It seems once the regulator has a company in its sights it pursues the same relentlessly, regardless of the “cost” to f

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Question

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

Answer

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

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