A Senior Portfolio Manager at Momentum Investments unpacks the history of South Africa’s debt burden and why we can only take this goal at face value. In Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s...

Santam, South Africa’s largest short-term insurer, has urged households to prioritise safety considerations of gas appliances, as many homes look for alternatives as means of dealing with...

Momentum Investments Economist unpacks how the current war is only another reason for continued fuel price increases With the war in the Ukraine severely hampering already precarious global economic...

Interest rates are on an upward march almost everywhere. 23 central banks have raised rates so far in March, notably including the US Federal Reserve and the South African Reserve Bank. Also...

Investors seeking sufficient income yields are having to digest the impact of the low interest rate environment and the need to take more risk to achieve a sufficient yield. We believe multi-asset...

Following the announcement that the Reserve Bank has decided to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points, the Momentum Investments team has released its insights titled, Interest rates hiked to...

21st Century hosted another very successful Coffee and Conversations session at the end of February. These sessions started as a way to connect with our clients during lockdown, are hosted every two...

The average person eats, drinks and breathes between 74,000 and 121,000 microplastic particles every year - and that is considered an underestimate. Research entitled 'Human Consumption of...

The Russian war in Ukraine has had immediate repercussions for global food markets given the countries’ role as major exporters of essential agricultural products, such as wheat, sunflower oil,...

In the local spotlight, third-party risk is on the rise, notably and recently demonstrated by TransUnion South Africa falling victim to a criminal cyber hacking group. While details are unfolding on...