Given the rate at which South Africans switch jobs and hence the number of times they get the opportunity to cash in their pension payouts few South Africans manage to maintain their standard of living into retirement. Legislation is being proposed to make the preservation of retirement savings compulsory and this is [...]
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RSS feed for this sectionKagiso PMI strengthens further
The seasonally adjusted Kagiso PMI put in a strong performance during March, rising to a 13-month high of 57.2 index points. “Significantly, after rising to just above the key 50 point level in the first two months of 2011, the seasonally adjusted business activity index increased sharply from 51.6 to 59.7 points. This robust [...]
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Upside risk to inflation but no change in interest rates
The latest Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting ended today (24 March 2011) and in a statement this afternoon Governor of the South African Reserve Bank Gill Marcus said that “the MPC has decided to keep the repurchase rate unchanged at 5,5% per annum for the time being. Given the significant upside risks to the inflation [...]
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CPI unchanged at 3.7%
Stats SA released CPI figures for February on Wednesday (23 March 2011). CPI for February was measured at 3.7% The headline CPI (for all urban areas) annual inflation rate in February 2011 was 3,7%. This rate was unchanged from January 2011, said Stats SA. On average, prices increased by 0,7% between January 2011 and February [...]
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Perspectives on Japan from Franklin Templeton
By Tetsuro Miyachi, CFA®, Head of Investment Management Department, Tokyo, Franklin Templeton Investments – Local Asset Management Firstly, FT Japan would like to express its thanks for all the wishes of support and condolences we have received from many countries since the huge earthquake and tsunami occurred last week. As investors around the globe [...]
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Global investor fund experience
Morningstar Announces Findings from Second Global Investor Experience Study; United States and Singapore Score the Best and New Zealand Scores the Worst Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment research, today (March 11) released results of its second study that measures the experiences of mutual fund investors in 22 countries in North [...]
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Will your pension survive retirement?
By John Williams, THE RETIREMENT PLANNING BUREAU Sometimes it seems that retirement is billed as “The race of the century” to see who will reach the finish line first the Pensioner or the Pension. It is of course an absurd notion that there should be a winner because the two are in tandem (or [...]
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The golden horse has yet to bolt
By Alan Demby With the gold price again testing all-time highs, forecasters and observers are – again – speculating on whether this is as high as it will go, or whether bullion is preparing itself for another strong bull run. There are almost as many (differing) views on the [...]
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Creating a savings’ culture
By Mark Cronjé The situation in SA South Africa, in contrast to many other developing countries and especially India and China, has a culture of debt rather than one of saving. Debt drives consumption levels upwards, resulting in low savings levels. Evidence shows that South Africa’s domestic savings levels have exhibited a downward trend [...]
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Tax Guide 2012
Latest Issue - 30 April 2012
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Newsletter 17 May 2012: Lump sum versus debit order, 3 essentials for a confident investor
In today’s newsletter we look at investing with a lump sum or regular contributions – how do they stack up against each other? We also share three investment tips to cope with uncertainty. Being right about muddle-through hasn’t made investing any easier Most predicted that politically and often economically the year 2012 would be a [...]
