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It is time for brokers to speak with one voice...

25 September 2012 | Straight Talk

On Wednesday, 12 September 2012, a group of eight brokers settled down over breakfast for a proactive solution-driven discussion about the financial services industry “issues” that most affect them. The event was the first in a series of FAnews Thought Le

There is something fishy about this 22% wage settlement

21 September 2012 | The Stage

A couple of weeks ago South Africa was reeling as details of the “Marikana Massacre” emerged. Against an appalling socioeconomic backdrop 44 people (among them mineworkers and security personnel) lost their lives in a melting pot of trade unions, mine man

Ten management lessons you should apply in your practice

11 September 2012 | Straight Talk

London-listed retail giant Tesco PLC reported £60.455 billion in turnover for FY2011. Although the comparison is largely meaningless that makes the company (based on respective turnovers and current exchange rates) some 11 times bigger than South Africa’s

Three portfolio managers confirm that South African shares are too dear

10 September 2012 | Featured Story

In 2008/9 the developed world plunged headlong into recession. As banks and financial institutions teetered on the brink of total collapse the US and Euro-zone financial policymakers flooded the markets with cash (through various quantitative easing initi