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Unpacking South Africa’s ETF (r)evolution
Nathalie Burrows, Editor at EBnet South Africa’s exchange traded fund (ETF) market has the products, the momentum and increasingly the big name managers. What it does not yet have is a...
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Grocery benefits, baby benefits and beyond: Value-added support or golden handcuffs?
Sibongile Gcabashe, Senior Consultant at the Sygnia Umbrella Retirement Fund For many years, selecting a group risk insurer was relatively straightforward. Employers and trustees...
Gold is back in the spotlight
Nicholas Hops, Head of South African Equity Research at Coronation Gold hit 53 all-time highs in 2025 and had its best calendar year since 1979, rising 65%. In late January 2026 it...
Record highs don’t tell the full story
Bianca Botes, Managing Director at Citadel Global At the time of writing, the United States’ (US’s) S&P 500 is up around 14% for the year, a figure that on its own describes a...
ETF distribution: It’s so simple, so why isn’t everyone doing it?
Hayden Reinders, Head of Business Development, Prescient Fund Services We are in the midst of an ETF revolution in South Africa. The ETF structure is giving active asset managers the...
When money concerns take over: the link between financial stress and mental health
Ralene Grobler, Financial Adviser at Momentum Financial Planning Mental wellbeing and financial wellbeing are usually considered separate issues. But when you are constantly worrying...
Lessons from South Africa for an expensive-money world
Conway Williams, Head of Private Markets at Prescient Investment Management This year’s global bond sell-off is usually discussed in terms of what it does to bond portfolios. I want to...
Keeping the keys: what bank-led digital-asset custody means for South African financial institutions
Angela Itzikowitz, Executive; Era Gunning, Consultant; and Dylan Martheze, Candidate Legal Practitioner; Banking and Finance at ENS Discussion of digital assets tends to centre on...
Financial stress is the hidden workplace cost employers are ignoring
Denise Neethling, Head of Marketing at Paymenow October is Mental Health Awareness Month, and an opportunity to acknowledge the burden carried by South African workers. In the South...
The AI disclosure gap: Are insureds telling insurers enough?
Maria Phillippides, Financial Services Sector Leader and Partner; & Erwyn Durman, Partner; at Webber Wentzel The pattern of commercial innovation in business is familiar: adopt new...
What if you survive: the financial decisions that become harder when life changes
Cebile Zibi, Head of Trade Marketing at Momentum Advice Surviving cancer is the outcome everyone hopes for. But survival doesn’t mean that life, work, or finances immediately return to...
