SA stocks and long-term government bonds are cheap, but not excessively so

How foreign investors and rating agencies view the outcome of the general election will affect the direction of bond yields and equity prices.

Heads you win, tails I lose

South Africa is a land of stark contrasts, and one of the most visible examples is how legislation is applied differently across various sectors of the economy. The financial services industry is one […]

Regulators encourage ESG investments in the financial services industry

The FSCA is taking a number of steps to encourage retirement funds to invest in green and other ESG investments.

ESG disclosure framework in the pipeline for financial services companies

The SA Reserve Bank will shortly issue a draft sketching an ESG disclosure framework for the financial services organisations that it supervises.

Freedom’s just another word

The government’s call for assistance from the business world to get the economy going again is hopefully a welcome change in the view that private enterprise is in competition with it. The perceived […]