Registration has opened for The Insurance Conference 2012Published: Thu, 02 Feb 12 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 now.
The Annual Insurance Conference provides a forum for all sectors of the insurance industry to ...
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Invest in advice for financial peace of mindPublished: Wed, 01 Feb 12 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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Money market unit trust category no longer king in terms of sizePublished: Wed, 01 Feb 12 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 Foreign CIS statistics at a media conference in Johannesburg today, Leon Campher, CEO of the Association ...
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Beware of yield chasingPublished: Wed, 01 Feb 12 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 last week, the category of unit trusts that attracted the highest net inflows was the fixed income – ...
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ETFs are low cost, but beware the downsidePublished: Mon, 30 Jan 12 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 market.
However, they neglect to mention that because an ETF owns the same shares as a ...
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Big data holds big challenges for 2012Published: Mon, 30 Jan 12 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 (BI) and analytics. This poses a huge challenge to the organisation, particularly in face of the growth ...
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Survey - Professionals are more upbeat on the state of the economyPublished: Thu, 26 Jan 12 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 highest level recorded since the first quarter of last year.
The quarterly survey, which now tracks ...
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Super Ombud on the cards againPublished: Mon, 23 Jan 12 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:
A breakdown in relations between the former Ombudsman for Short-term Insurance and the insurance ...
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Risk Management - The key to sustainable strategiesPublished: Fri, 20 Jan 12 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 objectives and the future of your organisation may not be as secure as you'd like. Perhaps ...
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Hedge funds to benefit from market volatility in 2012Published: Thu, 19 Jan 12 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 in their assets.
According to Selwyn Pillay, portfolio manager at Blue Ink Investments, ...
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Pre-MPC forecastPublished: Thu, 19 Jan 12 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 the face of it there haven’t been substantial changes in both the domestic and international economic ...
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Competition for University places highlights need for careful planningPublished: Wed, 18 Jan 12 The release of the recent 2011 National Senior Certificate (NSC) results by the Department of Basic Education, and the rush by many students to ensure they have a place on their preferred courses, has highlighted the appetite for tertiary education among the newly matriculated, yet for many the rising cost of education ...
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Financial planning key to overcoming debt in 2012Published: Tue, 17 Jan 12 Enquiries for assistance with debt by South African consumers has already tripled in the beginning of 2012 compared with the same period last year, according to debt-counselling business Debt Busters. This alarming news highlights the importance for all South Africans to ensure they have a sound financial plan in ...
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Uncertain times require a focus on the basicsPublished: Tue, 17 Jan 12 By Nic Andrew: Head, Nedgroup Investments
Negative news headlines, enormously complex macro-economic issues, extreme market volatility and often contradictory comments from the experts… There are an almost overwhelming number of factors influencing the market. These range from the US fiscal deficit ...
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Top 10 savings tips for 2012Published: Tue, 17 Jan 12 After all of the financial challenges we had to battle through in 2011, the idea of saving money doesn’t feel very realistic. However, according to Henry van Deventer, financial planning coach at acsis, the good news is that saving money does not always require us to live like paupers or change our lives in ...
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