Andrew Rymer, CFA, Senior Strategist, Strategic Research Unit at Schroders There is a new sheriff in town. Global investors have been digesting the change in policy direction after...
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To increase VAT or not to – that is the question
Haroon Bhorat, Chair: Investment Committee at Sygnia One of the worst kept Budget secrets in recent times – perhaps a sign of the challenges of an undisciplined government of national...
Making America guess again?
Izak Odendaal, Investment Strategist at Old Mutual Wealth The past five to ten years have seen tremendous change across the world, politically, economically and socially. Wars,...
Why conduct due diligence on asset managers at all?
James Downie and Clare Downie, Founders of Due Diligence SA™ The vast majority of salary earners use the services of a financial advisor to help them navigate the complexities of life...
2025 (draft) budget – A realm of difficult choices
Mpho Molopyane, Chief Economist at Alexforbes The postponement of the 2025 Budget continues to dominate headlines. While the focus has been on the 2 percentage point (ppt) VAT rate...
Crypto’s Achilles’ Heel: Why physical gold remains the ultimate safe haven
Rael Demby, CEO of The South African Gold Coin Exchange, The Scoin Shop and SafeGold The latest digital heist—where hackers siphoned off $1.5 billion from a major cryptocurrency...
Data science-driven asset manager shares software to promote industry use of AI
Vincent Anthonyrajah, CEO of Differential Capital As an early adopter of Artificial Intelligence (AI) investing, asset management firm Differential Capital has used data to uncover...
Currency expert shares five top pressures on the Rand in 2025
Bianca Botes, Director at Citadel Global As economic and political dynamics shift in 2025, the South African (SA) rand could be in for a bumpy ride, but it might not be all downhill,...
No one likes a VAT hike, except the “Market”
Johann Els, Chief Economist, and John Manyike, Group Head of Financial Education, at Old Mutual Group South Africa’s highly anticipated national budget was unexpectedly postponed,...
Inflation edges up to 3.2% in the first rebased CPI
Sanisha Packirisamy, Chief Economist, Momentum Investments You can read Momentum Investments' full report here. ENDS
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