When is a good time to reshuffle your lame-duck portfolio?
Unlike a Cabinet reshuffle, changes to your portfolio must be purposeful, they must be informed and they must be results-driven.
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Stage set for smaller scale renewable energy players: rethinking project finance in Africa
At the risk of being accused of sucking the “fun” out of funding, the African project finance world has been a small club of die-hard sponsors, financiers and advisors with a high tolerance for disappointment.
Lee Scott: Here’s the easy way to invest in SA equities
If you don’t want to be left out in the dark; challenge the norm, get involved with SA equities and watch your investments take off.
Richer retirement – annual tax benefits for up to R350 000pa that you save
Saving for retirement is a hot issue in South Africa right now. New legislation to be introduced next year will make it much simpler for us to save for retirement – with a deduction for tax of a straight 27.5% of income saved up to a maximum of R350 000. Jean Lombard of Glacier by … Read more
RBS fined £14m over poor mortgage advice
Where do we draw the line when it comes to consumer protection? If something sounds too good to be true, that is generally the case. An offer to drive a new car for R699 has to be questioned, if a bank offers an existing indebted client more cash, whose fault is it if they cannot … Read more
Aurora managers ordered to repay over R15-million
In the context of this story, there is irony in the fact that an aurora (from the Latin word for sunrise) is a ‘natural light in the sky’. While the judgement reported here by SAPA will clearly not brighten the horizons of investors, management and advisors associated with the ill-fated Aurora Empowerment Systems, it does … Read more