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Millennials and the coming war for talentPublished: Wed, 31 Jul 19 At the stroke of midnight 2018, the last-born millennial turned 18. As more and more of this coming generation complete formal education and take up jobs, they are dramatically changing the nature of the modern workforce. By as early as 2025, as much as 75% of the global workforce could be millennials and they will ...
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Introducing Our New Website!Published: Mon, 29 Jul 19 The Insurance Gateway® team is excited to share our new website with you. Given our strategic objectives for 2019 and the fact that our last website redesign was over five years ago, we decided on a much anticipated mid-year launch. za was founded in 2005 by the late Michael Stoker as an insurance and financial ...
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Insurers evolving with the digital worldPublished: Mon, 29 Jul 19 The digital revolution promises to change the face of insurance as we know it and as digital disruption creates a new world of opportunities, insurers are ready and awaiting. We are in the Information Age, the synergy between technology and our everyday lives has become so entangled that we must accept we can no longer ...
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Are you cut out for investing in tough times?Published: Mon, 22 Jul 19 By Anet Ahern, CEO PSG Asset Management
Contrarian investors deliberately go against prevailing market trends. They buy when others are selling, and sell when others are buying. Why? This investment strategy is based on the belief that herd behaviour in the markets can result in mispriced shares – ...
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The consequences of missing your CPDsPublished: Mon, 22 Jul 19 The extended deadline (to 31 July 2019) to earn required Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours is around the corner. For those in financial services who are behind in earning theirs, it is best to act fast. The previous deadline of 31 May arrived sooner than anticipated, revealing how many in the industry ...
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Renewable energy market trendsPublished: Fri, 19 Jul 19 Renewable energy, which includes technologies such as solar photovoltaic (PV), wind and geothermal power, is still an emerging industry. In 2017, almost 20% of global energy consumption was renewable; this is expected to increase to 25% by 2035 and 34% by 2050. Government subsidies, which have fed the boom, ...
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The Imminent Reality of Cyberattacks for BusinessPublished: Tue, 16 Jul 19 No longer an if, but when a business will experience a cyber attack
Participants in Aon's 2019 Global Risk Management Survey ranked cyberattacks and data breaches as #6 in the top 10 risks facing organisations today. The risk entered the Top 10 list for the first time (at #9) in 2015 and is projected to go ...
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Solving the retirement savings challengePublished: Mon, 15 Jul 19 Lessons from around the world
Around the world, workers are being compelled to take more responsibility for their retirement savings as many employers move from traditional Defined Benefit (DB) plans to Defined Contribution (DC) plans.
According to London-based Kevin Wesbroom, senior partner, ...
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Financial services compliance: Are you on track?Published: Mon, 08 Jul 19 Richard Rattue, Managing Director, Compli-Serve SA
The middle of another year has firmly arrived and it’s a good opportunity to do a mid-year compliance check-up, to avoid any mishaps before they happen.
The FSCA’s current overhaul of regulation for financial services reminds us ...
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Fear in SA bond market presents opportunities for investorsPublished: Mon, 01 Jul 19 Following the release of inflation data in May, the South African Reserve Bank indicated that there is room for interest rate cuts as the inflation rate circles 4. 5%. As a result, markets now expect interest rate cuts of close to 0. But if rate cuts are anticipated, why has the government bond curve steepened, with ...
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Comfort and the art of investingPublished: Thu, 27 Jun 19 By Anet Ahern, Chief Executive Officer at PSG Asset Management
“In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable. ” Robert Arnott
Investment markets are often rich with opportunity when sentiment is poor. This has been the case at several points of extreme exuberance over the past four decades ...
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