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Unsettling but not surprising...

16 March 2011

On Thursday, 10 March 2011, the JSE All Share index shed 2.9%, closing at 30, 899 points. Try as they might investors haven’t been able to chase the local bourse to a closing level beyond its 22 May 2008 record of 33 233 points. They came close on Valenti

Six steps to value… A share selection strategy for fantastic compound returns

02 March 2011

If you hanker after market-beating stock market performance one of your options is to follow the example set by the world’s greatest investors. On the international stage the likes of Warren Buffett and Franklin Templeton have outperformed their equity be

Forget Star Trek V – retirement is the final frontier

11 February 2011

Every journey has a beginning, middle and end. The successful retirement plan begins with the first pension fund deduction from your first pay cheque and hopefully ends with the purchase of an annuity age 65. According to John Williams of the Retirement P

A back to basics approach will reward short-term intermediaries through 2011

28 January 2011

Barry Taylor, Chairman of the Short Term Exco and Director at the Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa (FIA), says with the full implementation of the FAIS General Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest regulations and the Consumer Prote

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If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

Answer

2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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