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Killing the sacred cow

28 September 2007

At a Financial Planner Forum hosted by the Association of Collective Investments (ACI) earlier this month, Robert Macdonald of Xchange Solutions shared some interesting views on the financial planning process. FAnews Online enjoyed the presentation in whi

Time for the US to fix its mess

21 September 2007

Earlier this week we attended an ACI breakfast seminar at which Paul Hansen, Director of Group Retail Investing, STANLIB shared some of his views on local and international market conditions. He started his presentation with the global market buzzword of

Rand Merchant Bank to top Discovery shareholder list

14 September 2007

A couple of days ago we commented on Discovery's interim results for the half year to June 2007. We were impressed with the performance from the groups local operations Discovery Life, Discovery Health and Vitality and encouraged by prospects for UK joint

Long-term insurance business leads the way

07 September 2007

Earlier this week FAnews Online reported on Discovery's full year results. We did not dwell too long on the financials, preferring to speculate on the future of the group's US operation, Destiny Health. What we did reveal was that local operations Discove

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The regulatory shield is full of holes

31 August 2007

Foreigners pour billions into South Africa

24 August 2007

Mboweni's deputy delivers another crushing blow

17 August 2007

Discovery's specialist reimbursement arrangement still under fire

10 August 2007

Long-term investors should ignore market volatility

03 August 2007

Household assets reach four times annual income

27 July 2007

Billions more flow into the Collective Investment space

20 July 2007

Geared trading a big hit in South Africa

13 July 2007

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