Building confidence largely unchanged
March 17, 2021
By: First National Bank Building confidence largely unchanged despite a dismal performance by the non-residential sector The FNB/BER Building Confidence Index, after rising to 29 in 4Q2020, shed two points to register a level of 27…
Small and steady wins the savings game
March 16, 2021
By: Anil Thakersee, Executive of Business Development PPS 2020 marked a year where many South Africans suffered financial difficulties, affecting both their lifestyle and spending habits, with approximately 60% of South Africans dipping into their…
SA GDP (Q4 2020)
March 15, 2021
By: Reza Hendrickse, Portfolio Manager at PPS Investments The South African economy rebounded further in the final quarter of last year, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanding 6.3% quarter-on-quarter (seasonally adjusted annualised). Third quarter growth…
By: Jeanette Marais, Deputy CEO at Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited As the world battles COVID-19, a certain number of women in South Africa are fighting what the United Nations terms the shadow pandemic: endemic gender-based violence…
By: FMI (A Division of Bidvest Life Ltd) Many individuals today choose to work as freelancers and this sector is predicted to grow, considering the biggest driver of change in the employment landscape is flexible…
Hollard Cigna Healthcare announce partnership with Société Financière d’Assurance (SFA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo
March 11, 2021
Distributed by: APO Group on behalf of Cigna Corporation With this great responsibility they will ensure easy access to affordable, quality healthcare for local and expat communities With over sixty years of local experience, Hollard Cigna have…
By: The Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) The South African hedge funds industry ended 2020 with assets under management of R73.27 billion. Statistics released by the Association for Savings and Investment South…
Life insurers pay more than half a trillion Rand to policyholders and beneficiaries in 2020
March 9, 2021
By: ASISA Policyholders and beneficiaries received claims and benefit payments worth R522.7 billion from South African life insurers in 2020. According to the long-term insurance statistics released by the Association for Savings and Investment South…
