Nov 26, 2020
ASISA blocks offshore investments
How large asset managers collaborated to ensure you cannot invest your assets overseas. In a shocking development, proof has come to light that a handful...
Category: Investment insights
Nov 19, 2020
Asset managers feel the pinch of the SARB’s new regulation
The circular recently issued by the SARB that reclassified exchange traded funds (ETFs) referencing foreign assets as domestic assets caught everyone by surprise, says Sygnia...
Nov 18, 2020
A new horizon for offshore investing
The classification of exchange traded funds referencing foreign assets as domesticassets is a game-changer, writes David Hufton. A significant declaration from the South African Reserve...
Nov 17, 2020
The future looks brighter for investors
The circular recently issued by the SARB which re-classified exchange traded funds (ETFs) referencing foreign assets as domestic assets caught everyone by surprise. And yet,...
Oct 21, 2020
Serving a new kind of investor
Given the lower return environment, investors are becoming far more fee sensitive and don't want to pay as much as before if there's little prospect...
Sep 14, 2020
Sygnia’s stance on prescribed assets within retirement funds
We will oppose them through whatever means are available to us. The ANC’s 2019 election manifesto contained a statement that the ANC would “investigate the...
Aug 16, 2020
Investing in the Time of Corona – Think ETFs
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen markets plummet quicker than liquor supplies during hard lockdown, and then shoot up just as fast as the price of...
Jul 22, 2020
Some high tech products could turn out to be high cost traps
Fintech innovation has been an undisputed driving force behind lowering fees and improving customer experience in the financial industry for quite some time, but consumers...
Jun 3, 2020
Retired and stressed out by the market? Review your options
It’s soul-destroying to watch the nest egg you’ve painstakingly built up over years unravel – just ask those retirees who watched a chunk of their...
May 31, 2020
You were about to retire when Covid-19 struck your savings – now what?
Pre Covid-19, many saved diligently for retirement, or perhaps not so diligently and were already worried about having enough to live comfortably. Then along comes...