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Bitcoin, blockchain and the future economy
[Terry Levin] Unpacking the basics of new digital currencies and blockchain technologies... read


A testing time for trusts
A testing time for trusts
[Tony Barrett] The Taxation Laws Amendment Bill gives us a window as to where that legislation is heading, including its proposals on trusts... read


Fintech: opportunity for SA youth and Africa's growth
Fintech: opportunity for SA youth and Africa's growth
The continent's youth need to move from being fintechonlogists to fintechpreneurs to release the true value of Africa's communities... read


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Yegs Ramiah reaps Loeries® 2016 Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award
Yegs Ramiah, chief executive of brand at Sanlam and Santam, was recognised for her role in rebranding iconic financial services brands Sanlam and Santam brand during the first awards evening of the Loeries® 2016 on Saturday, 20 August... read
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Finance
Municipalities need private sector to survive and thrive
Municipalities need private sector to survive and thrive
As political parties thrash out the details of coalitions, whichever ultimately run municipalities will need to work more closely with the private sector to deliver quality services... read
Why we need to unite to feed children while at school
Why we need to unite to feed children while at school

Issued by Peninsula School Feeding Association

In a call for Cape Town to unite against hunger at our schools, the Peninsula School Feeding Association's Charity Family Fun Walk, Blisters for Bread, will take place at the Green Point Cricket Club on Sunday, 28 August... read

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Insurance & Actuarial
Conference explores how telematics, analytics are changing insurance
Conference explores how telematics, analytics are changing insurance
The Insurance Fraud Analytics and Telematics Conference, presented by MNT Events, will be hosted at the Apollo Hotel, Randburg, from 31 August - 1 September 2016... read
New TVC for King Price
King Price launches its new product, business insurance, through a new TV commercial, in a creative collaboration between Xfacta and Team Best. The TVC aligns itself with business owners in a way that says, "We get you, because we are you." Click here to view. read

WOMEN'S MONTH
Women at the centre of Ithala's growth strategy
Women at the centre of Ithala's growth strategy

Issued by Ithala Development Finance Corporation

Success is inevitable when stronger female participation is encouraged across all levels of an organisation and where men and women are given equal opportunity to achieve their full potential... read
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Financial Services
#WomensMonth: Acknowledge the glass ceiling, demonstrate how unnecessary it is
#WomensMonth: Acknowledge the glass ceiling, demonstrate how unnecessary it is

Sindy Peters

With over 13 years of property industry experience, Genevieve Naidoo began her career as a junior quantity surveyor... read
Standard mortgage strategy pays off
Standard mortgage strategy pays off

Moyagabo Maake

Although it saw a 16% rise in credit impairments for the six months to June, Standard Bank has not burnt its fingers on home loans, unlike rivals that reported results recently... read
Markets & Investment
Tenants face tough economic conditions
Tenants face tough economic conditions
South Africans breathed a sigh of relief when the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced that the repo rate was going to stay at 7%... read
Active vs. passive investment debate misses point
Active vs. passive investment debate misses point
The investment industry has seen extensive debate, both globally and locally, around active versus passive investment strategies and which of these yield better results... read
Innovative approach to sale, leasebacks can reap BEE rewards
Innovative approach to sale, leasebacks can reap BEE rewards
Focusing on the acquisition of assets that have large public-sector tenancies has been the traditional approach to BEE property investment... read
Are blue chips a great investment?
Are blue chips a great investment?

Dr Andrew Dittberner

Conventional wisdom tells us that large, established companies are a safer and better investment option than smaller companies... read
AngloGold eyes payout as world affiliates shine
AngloGold eyes payout as world affiliates shine

Allan Seccombe

AngloGold Ashanti reported strong interim free cash flows, bringing the company closer to resuming dividends after halting payments to shareholders in 2013 as it turned its attention to reducing its large debt, restructuring the company and slashing costs to return to profit. read
Sun International share slumps on warning of loss after Peermont deal fails
Sun International share slumps on warning of loss after Peermont deal fails

Robert Laing

Sun International's share price fell as much as 6% to R86.75 on Wednesday, 17 August, after it warned shareholders it expected to report a loss for the year to end-June... read
Barloworld marks 75 years on JSE with blast on kudu horn
Barloworld marks 75 years on JSE with blast on kudu horn

Mark Allix

Barloworld on Tuesday, 16 August, celebrated the 75th year of its listing on the JSE, with CEO Clive Thomson blowing on the exchange's kudu horn... read
Pravin Gordhan to face RW Johnson at the 'Rumble in the Urban Jungle'
Pravin Gordhan to face RW Johnson at the 'Rumble in the Urban Jungle'

Issued by The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The Minister of Finance, Mr Pravin Gordhan, will face political scientist and historian RW Johnson in the second Rumble in the Urban Jungle organised by the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday, 24 August... read
Renewable energy projects: hedging you bets from a knowledge risk
Renewable energy projects: hedging you bets from a knowledge risk

Kevin Hoff

Even though the renewable energy sector has incredible growth potential, it still faces unprecedented challenges as a result of being directly or indirectly exposed... read
Boris Dzhingarov
How to improve investing strategies with the use of Excel

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

The Excel spreadsheet program from Microsoft is a really important tool these days for investors. They use it in order to track the activity of the investments in a manner that is completely organised... read
Taxation & Regulation
Telkom revises rules for directors' loans
Telkom revises rules for directors' loans

Ann Crotty

The Telkom board has been forced to reexamine its authority to provide directors and prescribed officers with loans to take up shares in the company... read
U-turn on withholding tax on foreign service fees
U-turn on withholding tax on foreign service fees

Graeme Palmer

Tax authorities have over the years introduced various withholding taxes to make it easier to collect tax from foreigners... read
Coke joins fray to oppose sugar tax
Coke joins fray to oppose sugar tax
The sugar tax battle is hotting up with Coca-Cola, saying the levy on SSBs will threaten jobs... read
Business
What small business can learn from Pokémon Go
What small business can learn from Pokémon Go

Scott Zambonini

Location-based mobile game Pokémon Go is perhaps the best commercial example of augmented reality (AR) gaming to date... read
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