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Neal Smith, SIMGlobal fund manager talks China's growth risks

China is a nation in transition. It's trying to move from lowcost, low value-add exports and state-financed construction into a provider of high value industries and services and increased domestic consumption. And with this change comes some inevitable risks borne out of a precarious balancing act between debt, property, a…
2 Apr 2015 8PM 7 min

Budget 2015 shone a light on a RA tax loop hole

Some aspects of the 2015 Budget put fear into some hearts. One point in particular remains in flux and we wait to see which way legislation will go. In 2008, the maximum age at which you could contribute to a retirement annuity was removed; and at the same time retirement…
31 Mar 2015 8PM 8 min

US psychiatrist Dr Ann Childers talks to Marika Sboros about food and mood

US psychiatrist Dr Ann Childers has a special interest in helping her patients improve their mental health through optimum nutrition. She says a low-carb, high-fat diet that includes saturated fat is the way to go for adults and children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
31 Mar 2015 8PM 16 min

Nedgroup Investments appoints replacement global portfolio manager

Nedgroup Investments Best of Breed philosophy means that they spend an inordinate amount of time looking for the best portfolio managers in each asset class or across strategies ensuring that their funds are run by superior managers consistently. This process has led them to recently appoint US based The Killen…
30 Mar 2015 8PM 7 min

OffshoreAlert's David Marchant exposes the massive Belvedere Ponzi scheme

Investigative journalist David Marchant specialises in tracking down fraudsters who use offshore financial centres. The latest and potentially greatest exposé by his OffshoreAlert is the Belvedere Management Ponzi scheme operated out of Mauritius by two South Africans - Cobus Kellermann and David Cosgrove. In this special podcast, Marchant tells Biznews.com's…
24 Mar 2015 3PM 23 min

Happy Ralinala: Front row view of how women empowerment transforms

Head of ABSA Business Banking, Happy Ralinana, was blessed with the intellect that gave her the ability to matriculate at 15 and, later, an MBA. She learnt about women empowerment first-hand through her bread winning mother who was a taxi driver in the 1970s - as tough and unlikely a…
12 Mar 2015 3AM 16 min

Adrian Gore: Discovery has the chassis - now watch us grow

Discovery CEO Adrian Gore unpacks how the group will allocate the R5bn raised in its rights issue - only its third capital raising since its creation in 1992. Bringing the 250 000 member Discovery Credit Card "into the belly" of the company will make it possible to leverage it into…
10 Mar 2015 9AM 11 min

Why Best of Breed? From 5 to 150 tells its own story - Nic Andrew

After the well publicised performance travails at Piet Viljoen's RECM, its biggest public supporter Nedgroup Investments has been asked why the continued loyalty. Alec Hogg visited with the man who makes the ultimate decision to retain RECM, Nedgroup Investments chief Nic Andrew. Here's Nic's thoughts on the matter - and…
4 Mar 2015 7PM 9 min

A to Z of SA's new tax-free investments - "no brainer" for all of us

The new tax-free investments introduced at the beginning of this month are a "no brainer". As Nedgroup Investments' Anil Jugmohan explains to Alec Hogg in this special podcast, there are obvious reasons why they should be the home of the first R30 000 a year of every South African's savings…
4 Mar 2015 7PM 8 min

Delphine Govender on Budget 2015: Well done on Excon, but where's new ideas, Mr Minister

One of SA's smartest investment brains, Perpetua's founder and CIO Delphine Govender, shares her thoughts on Budget 2015. While celebrating the effective ending of Exchange Control and introduction of tax free savings account, she's circumspect on other issues. Especially economic growth. Where, she says, solutions are obvious, but a lack…
26 Feb 2015 10AM 9 min
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