Registration has opened for The Insurance Conference 2012 Registration has opened for The Insurance Conference 2012 which will be held at Sun City, from 10 - 13 June 2012 and an early bird discount is available for early bookings until 9 March 2012, so get registered ...
Read More » | | | Invest in advice for financial peace of mind A solid long-term financial plan drawn up by a trusted adviser is the best investment you can make this year, according to Peter Dempsey, deputy CEO of the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) ...
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Hedge funds outperform ALSI by 6% in 2011, with significantly less volatility The Blue Ink Composite (BIC), which tracks the performance of around 100 Hedge Funds in South Africa, recorded an 8. 65% increase in 2011, outperforming the JSE All Share Total Return Index (ALSI) by more than ...
Read More » | | | Money market unit trust category no longer king in terms of size The local Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) industry grew its total assets under management by R69-billion to R996-billion in 2011, narrowly missing the R1-trillion mark.
Releasing the 2011 Domestic and ...
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Beware of yield chasing Investors appear to be acting smarter when it comes to earning income as the prevailing low yields start to hurt. According to the ASISA unit trust flow statistics for the quarter ended December 2011 and released ...
Read More » | | | ETFs are low cost, but beware the downside Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have become popular because of their low cost and simplicity. In addition, proponents of ETFs point out that the average active fund manager typically fails to outperform the ...
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Global executives say companies should be measured by their societal purpose, according to new Deloitte survey Private sector leaders and Millennials believe business, more than any other area, has the potential to impact society’s biggest challenges
Johannesburg – Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited ...
Read More » | | | Big data holds big challenges for 2012 As 2012 rolls in amid continued economic uncertainty, businesses will have to work smarter to achieve sustainability and growth. One way of succeeding is to extract more value from data through business intelligence ...
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IRMSA Conference 2011: This Turbulent World - What’s Next?
By Michael E. Stoker
Insurance Gateway® a division of Stoker Risk and ICT (Pty) Ltd
www. insurancegateway. za
Delegates who gathered ...
Read More » | | | Survey - Professionals are more upbeat on the state of the economy Confidence among graduate professionals* improved in the final quarter of 2011, according to the latest results from the PPS Graduate Professionals Confidence Index, with an overall confidence level of 58%, the ...
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A decade of difficulty: Reasons for South Africa to be fearful and reasons for hope By Dr. Adrian Saville, CIO
Cannon ...
Read More » | | | Super Ombud on the cards again Two articles in Saturday’s Personal Finance make it clear that the current system of handling complaints is not cast in stone. The gist of the articles is summarised as follows on the Personal Finance website:
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Risk Management - The key to sustainable strategies Chief risk officers, heads of risk and compliance officers have stressed the importance of entrenching their company's sustainability. Without a solid structure of sustainable planning in your risk management ...
Read More » | | | Hedge funds to benefit from market volatility in 2012 With investment markets characterised by extreme levels of volatility in 2011, a trend that is expected to continue in 2012, investors need to review their investment approach in order to ensure satisfactory growth ...
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Pre-MPC forecast By Tendani Mantshimuli, consumer economist, Liberty
The SARB’s monetary policy committee has begun with its first meeting of the year, with the decision expected on Thursday afternoon. On ...
Read More » | | | SA residents can now move R1 million offshore without SARS clearance South African residents may now use their R1 million Single Discretionary Allowance for Foreign Investment purposes without having to obtain a SARS Tax Clearance Certificate. In ...
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