Anne Cabot-Alletzhauser – Actuaries make the best money managers
Biznews’ Alec Hogg chats to Anne Cabot-Alletzhauser, who says actuaries make the best money managers as they understand both the asset and liability side.
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Roland Rousseau: finding the investment manager’s ‘Uber’ – to manage risk
Alec Hogg speaks to Barclays’ Roland Rousseau about the search for a technology provider, the Uber of investment management, to manage risk.
David McWilliams: Cartoon economics & why Germany should bailout Greece
David McWilliams says Greece has been treated abominably by EU & Germany should go back to 1948 when US allowed them to default on all their domestic debt.
Armien Tyer: applying new age Artificial Intelligence to active management
Biznews’ Alec Hogg talks to Barclays Africa’s Armien Tyer about applying new age artificial intelligence into active asset management.
Compounding al-Bashir blunder: SA to review ICC membership
Shaun Abrahams, South Africa’s new chief prosecutor, is facing a baptism of fire. A week after his appointment by President Jacob Zuma, the High Court said he should consider filing criminal charges against several cabinet ministers for defying its order to bar Sudanese leader Umar al-Bashir from leaving the country.
Afro-optimist Euvin Naidoo on banking Africa as Govts embrace technology
Euvin Naidoo talks to Biznews’ Alec Hogg about the banking opportunities on the continent being created as government’s harness new technologies.
Henk Potts: Companies need to play catch up – invest in technology
Barclays Capital’s Henk Potts talks to Alec Hogg about the need for companies to invest in technology, which will be a big growth area over the next few years.
Paul Kaplan: Share ownership – even more conservative than Buffett
Head of Morningstar Canada’s research team, Paul Kaplan, is more conservative than Warren Buffett when it comes to the right time horizon for owning shares.
Traders’ online chat room sparks Competition Comm attack on forex colluders
The JSE’s Banking Index has given up 13% since late April, pushed by Competition Commission investigation into apparent wide-scale rigging of forex markets.
The Steinhoff story – revisiting the humble roots of today’s R260bn giant
A friend called today to chat about Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste. It got me delving into my computer’s hard drive where I came across this bit of history.