With international travel not that easy, South Africans can scratch the wanderlust itch by opting to travel domestically. This means many cars may be hitting the roads this festive season. Marius...

It’s quite sobering to realise we are about to enter the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic. As we bid farewell to one year and look forward to the arrival of the next, it’s worth reflecting on...

Primarily due to a lack of resources, small and medium sized entities (SMMEs) have been slower than their larger corporate counterparts in adopting ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance)...

Just Share has published a report on the findings of their 2021 ,,South African Asset Manager Climate Risk Survey. The report covers 31 of the country’s largest and/or most prominent asset managers,...

National Treasury has released a paper titled ‘Encouraging South African households to save more for retirement’ for public comment. The paper provides proposals aimed at enabling limited access to...

PSG Konsult has announced that the CEO of its insurance division, Rikus Visser, will be retiring in August 2022 and taking up the role as non-executive Chairman. Visser took the reins at Western...

In a lot of respects, progress regarding sustainability and climate change is still far too slow for what the world needs. One area where the pace is really picking up however is that of electric...

Policy and prices will be key for gold Two key drivers of the gold price – central-bank policy and inflation – are on the move. As the chart below shows, these two influences have combined in...

We often get the question; “Why do some clients achieve better investment returns than others?” While we don’t believe that there is a silver bullet – each of us is unique after all; we do think...

Introduction Modern Portfolio Theory, introduced by Harry Markowitz in 1952, has provided the lens for the way investments have been viewed for more than 60 years. In its most basic sense, it...