In a year where movement restrictions and lockdowns have resulted in increased savings rates around the world, with South Africa’s savings rate having escalated by nearly 22% from levels of less...
Internet in Africa: Progress and Potential
Back in 2010, the average internet penetration rate in African countries was just 9.3 percent. Countries such as Morocco, Seychelles and Tunisia were noticeable outliers with 52, 41, and 37 percent...
Getting the most out of your tax-free savings
With the end of the tax year approaching at the end of February, now is the time to ensure that you have maximised your tax benefits. Carrie Norden, senior tax specialist at Allan Gray, helps...
Four reasons to be optimistic about energy transition equities
After a wobbly 2021 and lingering uncertainties for the year ahead, we are confident energy transition equities can deliver. After achieving remarkable gains in 2020, energy transition equities...
General outlook for 2022
During the summer holidays, as usual, I worked through the financial reports released by most of the large investment houses outlining their outlook for the new year. So, I had to refrain from using...
Close to retirement but haven’t saved enough? Here are some steps you can take to secure your retire
You’ve reached retirement and, according to the Net Replacement Ratio (NRR), you haven’t saved enough. What now? Hildegard Wilson, Product Solutions Actuary at Momentum Investments shares some...
Stats SA reopens registration for online and telephonic enumeration
Stats SA today reopened online Census registration and has extended the period during which the web questionnaire can be completed. Household registrations increased significantly in the days...
The State of Democracy
The Economist Democracy Index rates countries on the state of their governing system each year. In the latest installment published, 21 countries in the world were rated as “full democracies”,...
SONA Reaction – SA’s just transition: It is not as simple as flipping the switch on coal!
With President Cyril Ramaphosa outlining in his State of the Nation address last night plans for additional energy generation capacity from the renewable energy programme as well as plans for the...
Denel: JSE suspension of public debt
As you may be aware, Denel debt has been suspended from the JSE. Fortunately, none of the client portfolios that Momentum Outcome-based Solutions manages had any exposure to Denel. However, it is...
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