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Would you bet your pension on SA infrastructure?

07 February 2023 | Straight Talk

A couple of years ago, South African retirement savers were biting their fingernails in fear that government would make a grab for some of their hard-earned pensions. The threat of prescribed assets sullied the retirement funding industry for months with the prospect of legislation being introduced to ‘force’ retirement funds to invest a portion of their assets in government debt or state infrastructure projects. Fortunately, common sense prevailed and National Treasury’s eventual amendments to regulation 28, in effect from January 2023, were far more palatable.

Advisers beware: AI is to robo-advice what the T-800 is to T-3000 or worse

30 January 2023 | The Stage

There is a new threat on the financial advice horizon that could make the human versus robo-advice battle of the late 2010s seem like a cakewalk. In fact, the perfection of natural language programming by artificial intelligence (AI) could mean that your next war will be labelled human versus AI… From this writer’s perspective, it will be a bit like the T-800 from the first Terminator movie going up against the almost invincible T-3000 from the fifth film in the series. Things get crazier in the sixth film, which features a terminator labelled Rev-9.

73% of global CEOs reckon the global economy has cracked

18 January 2023 | Featured Story

If you entered the New Year feeling slightly pessimistic about opportunities for business growth and client retention, then you are in good company. In fact, a staggering 73% of CEOs surveyed in the PwC Global CEO Survey felt that global economic growth would decline over the next 12 months. The professional services firm reported that this was the most pessimistic outlook recorded in over a decade of conducting the survey. No surprises there … businesses faced a range of challenges as 2023 got underway, including supply chain disruptions and a central bank ‘shift’ away from protecting growth towards fighting inflation.

Where to for intermediaries in 2023?

17 January 2023 | Straight Talk

Where are the opportunities for growth in 2023, for intermediaries, and what challenges will present themselves this year?

quick poll

Question

If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

Answer

2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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Attention is currency… How to win at social media marketing in 2023

13 January 2023 | The Stage

Sometimes, these climate activists be like crazy

08 December 2022 | Featured Story

Farm-gate… Busting my opinion streak for some breaking news

02 December 2022 | Straight Talk

Bank man fried! Cautious investors LOL as USD32 billion crypto asset (sic) crashes

20 November 2022 | Straight Talk

Whats inside.... November 2022 Edition

14 November 2022 | The Stage

Insurers, know your war limits

08 November 2022 | Featured Story

A journey to the heart of South Africa’s darkness, with apologies to Conrad and Verne

04 November 2022 | The Stage

Calls for a cautious approach to crypto asset investing as FSCA brings crypto’s into the regulatory fold

21 October 2022 | Straight Talk

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