Outside influences and inherent weaknesses are steering the South African economy. Aeon Investment Management’s chief investment...
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The joke is on who, when it comes to two pots?
There are a number of thorny issues that need to be resolved before the two-pot retirement system’s proposed implementation date of...
The 2023 Budget: more of a holding operation than anything
National Treasury sees investment recovery by both the public and private sectors as key to improved economic performance in South...
Retirement reform gets a boost from Godongwana
Old Mutual’s Michelle Acton applauds South Africa’s retirement industry reform successes while looking at what still needs to be...
Unanswered questions remain over two-pot system
As final legislative amendments for South Africa’s new two-pot retirement system are yet to be published, Richard Carter, head of...
Profile: From Meadowlands to a R130bn asset manager
Ashburton CEO Mduduzi Ndlovu has gone from a small house in Soweto to the apex of a multi-billion rand asset manager. But it hasn’t...
Crypto assets: not yet time for pension funds to dig in
While the FSCA announcement on crypto is a welcome development, it is not enough to protect retirement funds tempted to invest in...
Could fragile South Africa withstand a global “ageing crisis”?
Local economic realities, from the Eskom disaster to massive youth unemployment, make the prospect of an ageing South African...
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: How ESG imperatives are changing retirement funds
How do you answer the questions around ESG, especially in the South African context where some imperatives loom larger than others?...