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Insurance industry must nurture leaders

Insurance industry must nurture leaders

04 June 2010 | Straight Talk

What makes a good leader? When we plugged this question into the Google search engine the application returned 1,620,000 results in approximately 0.30 seconds. As we wondered how any mere mortal could separate quality from chaff given a collection this la

You win some, you lose some

You win some, you lose some

04 June 2010 | The Stage

We live in a topsy-turvy world. Stock markets soar and dive on investor sentiment, business confidence ebbs and flows with the release of each economic statistic, and our emotions surge and plunge as we scan the headlines accompanying our daily news fix.

Terrorist groups set to piggyback on soccer spectacular

Terrorist groups set to piggyback on soccer spectacular

04 June 2010 | Featured Story

As we countdown to the 11 June 2010 FIFA Word Cup ™ kick-off, we’ve already received the first media warnings of possible terrorist attacks. These warnings were loosely based on news that Iraq security forces had arrested an alleged al-Qaeda militant for

Smoothed bonus and recession

Smoothed bonus and recession

21 May 2010 | Straight Talk

If you’d invested a million rand in South African equities (tracking the JSE All Share index) on 1 January 2008, your nest egg would have been worth R625 768 just 15-months later. Would you have been able to sit back and do nothing as your portfolio plumm

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Investment professionals flounder through unknown territory

Investment professionals flounder through unknown territory

21 May 2010 | Featured Story
The inflation juggernaut hits high gear

The inflation juggernaut hits high gear

21 May 2010 | The Stage
A triple victory for GAREK investors

A triple victory for GAREK investors

07 May 2010 | Straight Talk
Stopping moral decay in its tracks

Stopping moral decay in its tracks

07 May 2010 | The Stage
Africa – at the crest of the emerging market investment wave

Africa – at the crest of the emerging market investment wave

07 May 2010 | Featured Story
Are insurers and bankers on the same page?

Are insurers and bankers on the same page?

23 April 2010 | Featured Story
Financial intermediaries brace for legislative onslaught

Financial intermediaries brace for legislative onslaught

23 April 2010 | Straight Talk
The world’s richest ‘not for profit’ organisation

The world’s richest ‘not for profit’ organisation

23 April 2010 | The Stage