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Lessons and opportunity from crisis environment
Category: Articles/Other
... bandwagon mentality paving the way for mass investment in obscure financial products. Along with many investors and businesses, foundations were lured into high-risk or fraudulent investments. Against ...Wednesday, 08 September 2010 -
Impact of sovereign debt crisis
Category: Articles/Investments
... up in other areas. Investors fled from banks, which had exposure to this sovereign debt. In order to stabilise the situation and ensure that the cost of debt did not spiral out of control, it was critical ...Wednesday, 08 September 2010 -
Caution is the name of the game
Category: Articles/Editors Notes
... but unease and concern among investors that a double-dip recession may still be awaiting the world economy remains firmly in place as share markets still seem to be stuck in the sideways trajectory that ...Wednesday, 08 September 2010 -
Epic time of fear and opportunity
Category: Articles/Editors Notes
... so shortly on the heels of the financial crisis of 2007/08 – has badly spooked investors and the markets. Some of the corrective action being taken, such as austerity measures to bring government debt ...Tuesday, 07 September 2010 -
New Legislation
Category: Articles/Development
... ensure the business have fair practices in place that protect not only the business and its investors, but all its stakeholders - including the customer - need to be created and enabled. Enablement means ...Thursday, 02 September 2010 -
Economic recovery
Category: Articles/Investments
... dogs of the investment world and most respected analysts seem to be more deeply divided than ever. One thing is sure, however, if recovery remains only on the balance sheets of investors and institutions ...Monday, 23 August 2010 -
Investment climate
Category: Articles/Investments
... concern among investors that a double-dip recession may still be awaiting the world economy remain firmly in place as share markets still seem to be stuck in the sideways trajectory that has been around ...Monday, 02 August 2010 -
Mine nationalisation
Category: Articles/Development
... it seem expedient. And, that is where the rub lies. At the Terrapin Mining Congress in Johannesburg on 26 July, there was a warning that the debate had created great uncertainty for potential investors ...Tuesday, 27 July 2010 -
Ernst & Young launches Banking Index Q2 2010
Category: Media Releases/Media Releases
... to be highly indebted. As a result, the Euro lost considerable value through the 2nd quarter, although the currency seems to have stabilised in recent times. In this environment, with investors still ...Thursday, 15 July 2010 -
Five year milestone reached
Category: Media Releases/Media Releases
... 2010, providing a unique opportunity to review the fund’s ability to perform and protect investors through both bull and bear markets. The Cadiz Equity Ladder Fund, a protected equity fund, ...Tuesday, 22 June 2010 -
Financial crisis
Category: Articles/Investments
... capitalism was collapsing. Thus, at the very moment that increasingly aggressive investors were taking advantage of the growing market for corporate control to extract greater value, MBA students were ...Monday, 14 June 2010 -
Client service in wealth management industry
Category: Articles/Other
... of service and hand-holding. Clients who still are accumulating assets probably will require a higher level of service than those investors who have reached their investment goals already. The Merrill ...Monday, 31 May 2010 -
Keeping pace in a fast-changing world
Category: Articles/Other
... investors look for companies with which they can identify and will not hesitate to cancel a policy and move elsewhere if their needs are not being met. Lifestyles are changing and overlapping, and it ...Monday, 31 May 2010 -
Opinion: Unit Trusts and ETFs Differences
Category: Articles/Investments
... I believe investors need to consider when choosing whether to invest in unit trusts or ETFs. It is important to understand the risks of your investments and by nature ETFs are far riskier ...Tuesday, 25 May 2010 -
Sovereign debt
Category: Articles/Investments
... stadia in the world, will become the taxpayer’s problem - as sovereign debt did in the first world. South African investors should also be cautious about their investments in the near and medium future. ...Tuesday, 25 May 2010 -
Investment opinion
Category: Articles/Investments
... bank. In fact, gold should be seen as a competitor to cash in the bank. Cash is where investors park money when they are bereft of good investment ideas. It is the asset class that assures, at best, stodgy ...Tuesday, 18 May 2010 -
The Rise of Gold
Category: Articles/Investments
... is picking up speed, it is no wonder gold is attracting relatively little attention. While investors wax lyrical about the remarkable recovery in equity prices, many forget that the MSCI World Index ...Tuesday, 13 April 2010 -
Global economy in trouble?
Category: Articles/Other
... also yielded less than equivalent maturity Treasuries. Following on the heels of Greece, global investors now have to worry about the government debt situation in Portugal, which poses the question: ...Monday, 29 March 2010 -
Investment Options
Category: Articles/Other
... A fixed deposit allows you to earn higher interest on your money by putting it away with a bank for an agreed time period, ranging from 1 month to a few years. Investors can opt for longer term or shorter ...Friday, 12 March 2010 -
Alexander Forbes
Category: Media Releases/Media Releases
... of interest in the rating process. So it comes as no surprise then that, in an effort to regain investors’ trust, rating agencies are proceeding with extreme caution when granting and reviewing ratings. ...Friday, 05 March 2010 -
WHAT NEXT FOR STOCK MARKETS?
Category: Media Releases/Media Releases
... and the subsequent pull-back, investors are asking what is likely to happen next. Dr Prieur du Plessis, Plexus group chairman, puts the current situation in perspective. According to Du Plessis, the ...Friday, 19 February 2010 -
Budget 2010
Category: Articles/Other
... where crime would not be a way of life and reduce crime as a threat, which has become synonymous with South Africa in the eyes of international investors, tourists and a large part of the population. Over ...Thursday, 18 February 2010 -
Investment outlook
Category: Articles/Investments
... In a client letter to investors in the JSE’s Satrix investment plans, chief executive officer of Satrix Managers (Pty) Ltd Brett Landman writes that on a global level, the credit crunch cut deep for ...Wednesday, 17 February 2010 -
Blue Ink composite results show hedge funds shielded investors from volatility in 2009
Category: Media Releases/Media Releases
... investors significantly lower volatility than equity funds in 2009. According to the BIC, the average South African hedge fund posted credible gains of 15.67% for the 12 month period to 31 December ...Wednesday, 10 February 2010 -
Mauritius
Category: Articles/Investments
... today recognized as the gateway for emerging countries, offering high value added services and protection to its investors. The reputation ofMauritius as a well regulated and business friendly investment ...Thursday, 04 February 2010 -
Asset management
Category: Articles/Banking
... and regulators arises from a fundamental difference in their objectives, which Turner highlighted in his speech – accountants want to tell investors how a bank is performing today, while regulators want ...Tuesday, 02 February 2010 -
SA LISTED PROPERTY SHOWS ITS METTLE
Category: Articles/Investments
... Bond Index. Emerging market bonds have significantly outperformed South African bonds on a price basis as global investors upped their risk appetite. “As SA bonds currently offer excellent defensive ...Friday, 29 January 2010 -
Focus on CIPRO
Category: Articles/Investments
... and offers security to investors. Yet in South Africa, the chaotic situation at CIPRO suggests that quite the opposite prevails, posing a real threat for the country and its economy. A new feature in ...Tuesday, 26 January 2010 -
Investment
Category: Articles/Investments
... sentiment and high risk aversion. According to Dr Prieur du Plessis, Plexus group chairman, the result thereof was that unit trust investors moved large sums of money to the so-called safe-haven investments ...Monday, 25 January 2010 -
Lingering financial crisis
Category: Articles/Other
... and long-term investors in order to drive profits. “Indeed, right now such activity is driving the rapid profit growth of some banks, with little having been learned from the past.” The report goes on ...Tuesday, 19 January 2010
