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Importance of Financial Planning for Women
The current COVOID-19 lockdown provides the perfect time to consider and evaluate your personal finances. The article below produced by Liberty Group provides a snapshot look at why financial planning is vital for women. Financial planning is generally not gender...
Women in Leadership – Navigating the Covid-19 Crisis
In the aftershock of the 2008 financial crisis, it was suggested that banks led by a higher proportion of women, as well as countries that appreciated a higher representation of women in leadership, particularly in the financial sector, endured less trauma from the...
FAQ’s – Covid 19 Markets and your Returns
Why have my retirement savings lost so much value? Your retirement savings are invested into financial markets, thus there is a link between your investment and the financial markets. A portion of your retirement savings are in shares; shares and your investment have...
Reserve Bank Cuts Interest Rates
The interest 1% rate cut announcement on Thursday the 19th of March was a breath of fresh air in a world gone mad as the spreading coronavirus disrupts businesses and financial markets, meaning the repo rate drops to 5.25% and the prime rate to 8.75%. If you have...
The Understated Importance of Debit Orders
‘Buy low and sell high’ is the cornerstone of investing. It is a phrase used during uncertain times like these to encourage investors not to capitulate and sell out of their equity investments. Alternatively, it serves as the perfect piece of advice to those with cash...
Highlighting Some Positive and Unexpected Events Following COVID-19
Some victories on the continent of Africa U.K. aid is funding the effort to develop a rapid diagnostic test for COVID-19, which will be jointly manufactured in the United Kingdom and Senegal — a first for the African continent. The developers told Devex they intend to...
9 Things You Need to Know About the Lockdown
We can’t begin to comprehend how it must feel to carry the weight of an entire country on your shoulders. To ensure the safety of every citizen, no matter how old or young, rich or poor. The decisions made by Cyril over the past few weeks can’t be easy. Being...
Trump’s Trade War: Even Worse Than You Think
From the Corospondent July 2019 issue BARRY EICHENGREEN Barry Eichengreen is a Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, US. THE TRADE WAR Between the US and China is not ending anytime...
What will it Cost us to die?
Gareth van der Merwe Director, Private Wealth Manager & Fiduciary Specialist Estate planning is a challenging task, and even meticulous planning can be undone if an estate does not have sufficient liquidity to satisfy the compulsory administration costs and...
Prescribed Assets and How it Affects You
Glynis Schnell Private Wealth Manager South Africa is struggling with a growing debt problem, which accounts for 60% of the Country’s GDP. The ANC estimates that there is over R6 Trillion worth of assets held by asset managers in the country. In the light thereof,...
Model Portfolios, Morningstar and award-winning funds – The benefits of a robust investment process
James Ferreira, CFP Private Wealth Manager South African investors deciding to invest their money face an incredibly difficult decision in choosing where to allocate their hard-earned capital. In South Africa, we have over 1,500-unit trusts that are limited to...
Its all about perspective
The last few years have been a roller coaster ride for many investors both locally and offshore, where the last 36 months has given us the best and worst returns all in one go. Eg. December being the worst month in almost a decade for all global markets, these very...
Why are local asset managers so optimistic?
The start of 2019 has delivered some relief for local investors. The JSE has now strung together three consecutive positive months. From the start of December last year to the end of February, the FTSE JSE All Share Index was up 10.8%. That is the most sustained gain...
Part 2 – Expat tax: SARS at risk of losing even more money
Following on from part 1 which explained what financial emigration involves, part 2 looks at the recent amendment to the income tax act and what that means to South Africans who decide not to financially emigrate and who need to be aware of the recent tax changes and...
Part 1 – Financial emigration: What it involves
The following article (part 1) was recently published on fin24 and highlights some interesting points around financial emigration. Part 2 will further elaborate the impending amendments to the income tax act. Financial emigration is an exchange control matter that...
Investment psychology – Part 1
“Science does not know its debt to imagination” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Dopamine – what does this have to do with investing? Much research on brain functioning is done in the area of risk and reward. What is interesting is that there is a physical reaction in the brain...
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