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And now, for something completely different… How pandemic and lockdown create opportunities for personal growth

07 September 2020 | The Stage

As countries and economies wrestle with the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a small group of touchy-feely types suggest the crisis may set the stage for “the greatest human growth trajectory of our time”. The three panellists who participated in the 2 September 2020 webinar, hosted by The Collaborative Exchange, will lambaste me for the touchy-feely descriptor; but bear with me. As I warned in the article’s title, and with apologies to the crowd at Monty Python, I have diverted from my usual griping about economics, money, and politics to take a stab at something completely different.

Local investors part ways with risky assets as uncertainty takes hold

07 September 2020 | Featured Story

Local investors appear to be abandoning riskier equity exposures and offshore diversification in favour of the apparent safety of fixed income asset classes. The latest collective investment schemes’ (CIS) statistics, published by the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA), show a staggering R97.6 billion in net inflows into income portfolios for Q2 2020. This includes R48 billion into SA Interest Bearing Money Market portfolios; R22.7 billion into SA Interest Bearing Short-term portfolios; R15.1 billion into SA Interest Bearing Variable portfolios; and R11.8 billion into SA Multi Asset Income portfolios.

Prescribed assets will not pull South Africa Inc from the economic abyss

31 August 2020 | Straight Talk

As the extent of the financial carnage caused by pandemic and subsequent national lockdowns becomes apparent, governments around the world are looking for ways to conjure up money to plug every manner of funding shortfall. The South African government is already making noises about dusting off the Apartheid era prescribed assets handbook to force private investors to queue up for its government and state-owned entity (SOE) bonds. Many financial services firms are opposed to the reintroduction of this policy, as evidenced by comments made by Dawie de Villiers, CEO at Alexander Forbes, during a webinar titled ‘partnering for better financial wellbeing outcomes’.

Up sh*t creek without a paddle: Cuffing all of the corrupt could leave South Africans adrift in a rudderless ship

28 August 2020 | The Stage

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 23 August 2020 letter to his comrades in the African National Congress (ANC) could be a harbinger of change in domestic politics; but it might not be the change that South Africa needs. Imagine, if you will, the outcome of the corruption debate that is likely to dominate the ANC’s next National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, scheduled for Saturday, 29 August. One might predict the outcome of this meeting with a coin toss: Heads, those present give the President their half-hearted support to stamp out corruption within the party and public sector; tails, they embark on the process of another presidential substitution.

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What’s inside… FAnews Magazine August 2020

19 August 2020 | The Stage

Caught in a trap… Gross mismanagement leaves South Africa Inc strangled by rising public sector debt

14 August 2020 | The Stage

What to do when your client faces a bad versus ‘less bad’ financial outcome

04 August 2020 | Featured Story

On a coalition course? South Africa’s lament: Corruption & maladministration look set to outlast coronavirus

31 July 2020 | The Stage

Too early to tell how coronavirus impacts disability insurance

30 July 2020 | Straight Talk

Hands up… This is a re-robbery! - Taxpayers get a second fleecing as State Capture Inquiry costs approach R1 billion

26 July 2020 | The Stage

Crisis is not an excuse to abandon your core strategic objectives

08 July 2020 | Featured Story

Retirement savings outcomes remain in the doldrums despite regulatory push

07 July 2020 | Straight Talk

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