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Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year

10 December 2009 | The Stage

It seems only yesterday I was penning the opening lines of the first newsletter for 2009. Time has flown by since. During this eventful year South Africa welcomed a new president – the economy dipped into and out of recession – Tannenbaum took dozens of w

Is the Reserve Bank using the right tool to fight inflation?

04 December 2009 | Featured Story

South Africans are all too familiar with the Reserve Bank’s main weapon against inflation – interest rates. The bank ups interest rates whenever it feels the domestic economy – as measured by CPI – is overheated. And it cuts interest rates when it feels p

Minister vs. Minister

04 December 2009 | The Stage

In 1961 a wordless black and white comic strip titled Spy vs. Spy debuted on the pages of Mad Magazine. Created by Cuban national, Antonio Prohias, the strip was symbolic of the Cold War that raged between Russia and the United States at the time. Prohias

Sniffing out value on the JSE

04 December 2009 | Straight Talk

Most financial planners will advise you to stay invested for as long as possible to maximise equity returns. They argue that over a period of 30-years, for example, you will avoid the wild market volatility that so often decimates short-term returns. It’s

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What do you believe will be the biggest challenge when the COFI framework is finally implemented?

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The cost and complexity of relicensing Demonstrating customer outcomes through data and reporting Embedding a customer-first culture across the business Aligning existing compliance frameworks with COFI requirements

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