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| Data from US-based Family Firm Institute, in 2014, indicated that family-owned enterprises are responsible for more than 70% of global GDP... read more>> |
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| How can credit providers retain customers by bringing more responsiveness into their debt collection strategies? read more>> |
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| Ndidi Anyaegbunam and Ecoma Alaga As the 3rd International Financing for Development conference kicks off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [13-16 July 2015], Africa is set to begin implementing its ambitious 50-year development blueprint, Agenda 2063, bringing into focus the issue of how to finance development plans... read more>> |
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| The staggering number of service delivery protests in South Africa and the violent attacks against foreign nationals in KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg, have left residents shaken and concerned about their safety and their property... read more>> |
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| Geoff Miller Intelligence and actionable insight are essential to business success in a data-driven market. Obtaining as much relevant information as possible to drive more effective decision-making... read more>> |
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| The worldwide trend of traditional banks tightening their lending criteria has given rise to a number of innovative financial solutions - one of which is asset-based lending... read more>> |
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| According to the New World Wealth Africa Wealth Report for 2015 there are more than 160,000 individuals in Africa holding around $660bn in personal wealth at the end of 2014... read more>> |
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| South Africa is currently facing the challenge of providing both financial and training to the poorest members of society to enable them to become contributors to society, be productive and build sustainable SMMEs creating further opportunity... read more>> |
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| What to consider when shopping around for legal cover... read more>> |
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| Wikus Olivier According to the World Bank, South Africans were the biggest borrowers in 2014 worldwide! read more>> |
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| Candystick is a new, safe and secure site that makes collecting money for gifts easy and appealing... read more>> |
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| Nomanini has announced it has signed an exclusive agreement with Transactions Solutions Ghana Limited to substantially scale numbers of its cloud-based PoS terminals in Ghana. read more>> |
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| Danette Breitenbach Sustainability is becoming more and more about business as companies realise that it can be a lever for growth... read more>> |
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| Jan van Niekerk Investors and market participants have lately been asking us whether value investing is dead... read more>> |
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| Jacques Coetzee South Africa's Startup industry isn't always as glamorous as it's sometimes made out to be, according to a new survey by Ventureburn... read more>> |
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| Integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) analysis into the overall investment decision-making processes made for better investment decisions and also more sustainable returns for companies... read more>> |
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| A recent research report by JLL South Africa outlines the investment value of the South African real estate investment trusts (REITs), as well as their long-term potential in the current economic climate... read more>> |
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| Abrie Joubert This article looks at the finer details of a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and how it will affect your finances... read more>> |
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| Tanya Lochner In the foreseeable future retirement annuities will no longer fall outside of your estate for estate duty purposes, so bear that in mind when you do your clients' estate planning. read more>> |
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| An attempt by a provident fund to muscle in on a rival fund's membership by getting 69 employees to move across failed after the transfer was refused... read more>> |
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| Desiree Goodwin, Issued by Meredith Harington WTI is a tax charged on interest paid from 1 March 2015 by any person to or for the benefit of a foreign person, from a source within South Africa. Desiree Goodwin explains the exemptions there are from it... read more>> |
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| The 60 finalists for the annual Standard Bank Rising Star Awards have been announced... read more>> |
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| Gerrie van Biljon Many excellent business ideas never get past the spreadsheet stage and into the real world simply because entrepreneurs fail to connect with individuals or investors with enough capital and risk appetite to help implement them... read more>> |
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| Eugene Jansen Venture capital is the buzzword on every entrepreneur's lips, especially in South Africa where initiatives such as Silicon Cape aim to replicate the success of technology startup environments elsewhere in the world... read more>> |
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| Nthambeleni Gabara WALVIS BAY, NAMIBIA: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries that are still using the analogue broadcasting signal are committed to migrate to digital broadcasting by June 2016... read more>> |
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| The head of public sector at Standard Bank, Ben Pretorius, says alternative solutions are needed to stem the tide of continuing infrastructure backlogs and poor funding choices at municipalities... read more>> |
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| Danette Breitenbach In the world today, 1.2 billion people live in poverty, with 70% directly dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods... read more>> |
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| South Africa's tourism industry's lost direct spend of up to R886m in 2014 due to the changed immigrations regulations... read more>> |
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Internal AuditConference SA - 17 Aug 2015 to 19 Aug 2015, Johannesburg |
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Martin Yan "People who don't travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what's in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live." |
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