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Preserve your retirement savings for your golden years

13 July 2011 | Featured Story

If you gathered the country’s best known financial planners in a room they’d agree on one thing. South Africa is way behind the curve when it comes to saving for retirement. The product providers are aware of the problem too, repeating the “six in 100 wil

Is it time for emerging markets to take a breather?

12 July 2011 | Straight Talk

China is the undisputed leader among emerging market economies. The country has shown a remarkable ability to grow its economy at near double digits, going back more than a decade. But the world’s second largest economy could be running out of steam. Late

Youth unemployment is the ticking bomb threatening the rainbow nation

11 July 2011 | The Stage

On the odd occasion I’ve tackled the tricky issue of the African National Congress (ANC), Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and SA Communist Party (SACP) alliance I’ve been accused of having a shallow grasp of the country’s political (and tr

Life insurer update suggests the recession cloud has lifted – just!

28 June 2011 | Featured Story

It is sometimes difficult to reconcile macroeconomic indicators with real world business activity. At a recent conference we remember chatting to a guest about South Africa’s slow exit from recession – an argument he countered with: “But Q1 2011 GDP growt