“Tracking trends provides valuable insights into the current and future financial services needs of our customers.” This is one of the objectives of the Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor, an annual study […]
Most South Africans can’t afford to retire. The fact is that the majority rely heavily on income from a salary because their pension income is insufficient to support them. According to the 2019 […]
According to South Africa’s crime statistics, South Africa has a serious car hijacking problem. It was recently reported that a total of 16 325 cars were carjacked between 2017 and 2018 – a minimal […]
Now in its fifth year of reporting, Discovery Health just released its annual list of 20 leading South African hospitals as rated by patients through the Patient Survey Score (PaSS). The Top 20 list […]
Working together and saving as a group has become a major driver in savings culture. According to recent Nedbank research, 11 million South Africans are members of stokvels with around R44 billion saved in 820 000 […]
RMB recently released the SA FinTech in motion Report. The paper looked at who the FinTech players are in South Africa as well as the ecosystem in which they operate. According to the […]
RMB recently released the SA FinTech in motion Report. The paper looked at who the FinTech players are in South Africa as well as the ecosystem in which they operate. According to the […]
Investec and GIBS publish the Investec GIBS Saving Index, which measures South Africa’s savings rate and the country’s savings behaviour. In a radio interview, Dr Adrian Saville, CEO of Cannon Asset Managers and […]
The Momentum/Unisa South African Household Index of Q4 2018, found that 6.3% of households’ real net wealth was wiped out over the course of just one year. This is the largest reduction households suffered […]
According to Wikipedia financial technology, often shortened to FinTech or fintech, is the new technology and innovation that aims to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services. It is […]
Forbes recently partnered with market research firm Statista to measure the best banks in nearly two dozen countries, including South Africa. The banks were rated on overall recommendation and satisfaction, as well as […]
The purpose of the POPI Act is to ensure all South African institutions conduct themselves in a responsible manner when collecting, processing, storing and sharing another entity’s personal information by holding them accountable […]
Die meeste van ons sukkel nog om die impak van Saterdag se oorwinning oor die All Blacks reg te verwerk. Van die meer sober gedagtes wat sedertdien aan die lig gekom het, is […]
The South African rand has nose-dived past the R11/$ mark at a time when newswires are suggesting that a sell off in emerging market assets has only just begun. The rand earned the […]
The Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal released the 2014 version of the Index of Economic Freedom on January 14. Globally, this measure of economic freedom is improving, with the global average freedom […]
New Zealand/Australia The Aussies only made one injury enforced change to the team. Ewen McKenzie (Pictured above) explained his thinking as follows in the NZ Herald: “You can’t fudge experience and I know […]
After watching the All Blacks literally “blitz” the Boks in the 2nd half of Saterday’s test – a “home” game for the Boks AND at high altitude (something that used to be a […]
