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Can ‘21 Questions’ reveal everything about an umbrella fund?

11 April 2008 | Featured Story

The short answer to the question posed in the article headline is “no”. But then the 21 Questions referred to were never intended to provide such a conclusive analysis. Instead they were created as a realistic starting point from which decision makers cou

You’re going to pay either way

11 April 2008 | The Stage

When news of Eskom’s gross management failures first circulated we thought the issue centred on inadequate long-range planning. Subsequently it emerged that problems at the utility company have a great deal to do with money too. Despite years of record pr

Seeking R1bn in compensation

04 April 2008 | Straight Talk

Last week Friday a group of curators for various pension funds launched a civil claim of more than R1bn against Alexander Forbes. They are trying to recover money that was allegedly stolen by way of an elaborate pension surplus stripping scam often referr

The first quarter madness is behind us

04 April 2008 | Featured Story

The first quarter of 2008 has already flashed by. To find out what the first three months of 2008 delivered FAnews Online attended a presentation by Sanlam Private Investments’ economist Alywn van der Merwe. He shared some of Sanlam’s views on events sinc

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