Prof Haroon Bhorat, Chair: Investment Committee at Sygnia The core aim of a well-designed public and private pension fund system is to mitigate against income loss at retirement, using...
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Millennials and Gen Z are shaping the future of investing
Siyabulela Nomoyi, Quantitative Portfolio Manager at Satrix* Satrix’s data shows that in 2022 and 2023, 57% of inflows to the SatrixNOW platform came from account holders under 40 (as...
Balancing the promise and perils of AI
Clyde Rossouw, Head of Quality at Ninety One Moving at warp speed AI – or machine learning – is not new. Humans have been automating work for nearly 300 years, with the industrial...
Top factors contributing to market volatility in SA and 3 survival strategies for navigating the turbulence
Roger Eskinazi, Managing Partner at Tickmill South Africa’s economy is part of a diverse group of Sub-Saharan African economies known to be more impacted by global markets than their...
Reasons why the SARB is likely to be conservative with rate cuts
Kim Silberman, Macro Economist and Fixed Income Strategist at Matrix Fund Managers CPI inflation for July 2024 surprised to the downside, slowing from 5.1% y/y in June to 4.6% y/y in...
A time of transitions
Izak Odendaal, Investment Strategist at Old Mutual Wealth Springtime in the south looms, while in the north autumn approaches. Of course, the weather cares little for human-made...
Economic and Strategy Viewpoint – Q3 2024
David Rees, Senior Emerging Markets Economist, George Brown, Senior US Economist, Tina Fong, Strategist, at Schroders Our forecast for the global economy is broadly unchanged. We now...
The two-pot retirement reform’s impact on inflation
Sanisha Packirisamy, Chief Economist at Momentum Investments Group The SARB recently published an economic note outlining likely scenarios for the two-pot retirement system which is...
No Signs of Recession: U.S. Economy Grew 3.0% in Q2 2024
Felix Richter, Data Journalist at Statista The U.S. economy grew faster than previously reported in Q2 2024 as consumers spent more than expected on goods and services in the three...
Unpacking the economic implications of SA’s two-pot reform
Ndivhuho Netshitenzhe, Senior Economist at Stanlib SA’s much-anticipated two-pot retirement system will take effect on 1 September 2024. Under the new system, retirement fund members...
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