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An unsecured lending bubble looms

23 March 2012 | The Stage

The trouble with market bubbles is they inflate in plain view. We watch as they expand and even comment on how wonderful the growth in the underlying asset class is. In the United States, for example, house price growth was virtually exponential through t

Optimism with a capital “O”

13 March 2012 | Featured Story

“There has been a fairly substantial shift in investor attitude between 2011 and now,” observed Jeremy Gardiner, director of Investec Asset Management. He said that global economic sentiment had morphed from last year’s “small p” pessimism to “capital O”

Familiar insurance terms on life support

12 March 2012 | Straight Talk

South Africa’s long and short-term insurers face numerous challenges as the country’s financial services legislation evolves. The Insurance Laws Amendments Act of 2008 paved the way for the Financial Services Board (FSB) Binder Regulations – in effect fro

South African needs more than a judicial review

12 March 2012 | The Stage

On 28 February 2012 the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Jeff Radebe, briefed the media on government’s discussion document titled Transformation of the Judicial System and the Role of the Judiciary in the Developmental South African St