Category: Investment insights

The Covid-19 pandemic is making the 2008 financial crash look like a dress rehearsal for the real thing, leaving millions across the world asking how...

What we can learn from Warren Buffett’s reading of the Covid-19 crisis. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is a notoriously frugal man, both in his lifestyle...

Sygnia, the asset manager founded by Magda Wierzycka 14 years ago, says its recently instituted joint CEO structure, which has delivered mixed results elsewhere, will...

Moody’s decision to downgrade South Africa to “junk” status on the eve of the nation’s 21 day lockdown was a real double-whammy. After the initial...

Sygnia shareholders are advised that Mr David Hufton has been appointed as the Joint Chief Executive Officer of Sygnia with immediate effect. Mr Hufton was...

According to their announcement, Moody's based its decision on the deterioration in South Africa's debt profile, very weak growth outlook and a lack of structural...

February saw the worst daily fall (-4.5%) in the FTSE / JSE All Share Index since 2008, amidst concerns that the Covid-19 virus will not...

Looking for stellar performance AND longevity? Look no further than Sygnia Itrix MSCI USA. Over the past five years, it has been one of the...

Freelancer, temp, contractor, part-timer, digital nomad…whatever you call yourself, if you’re not employed full-time by “The Man”, you’re a gig economy worker. And that means...

As more people turn to gig economy work (freelancing, temping, contracting, part-time work), traditional methods of saving for retirement are becoming obsolete. In the second...