Alexforbes launches infrastructure fund amid government’s investment surge
The AF Infrastructure Impact Fund-of-Funds will invest across multiple sectors, including energy, transportation, and public utilities.
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Proposed Regulation 28 amendment – are prescribed assets coming back?
The Cabinet is considering introducing new asset classes to leverage retirement savings for industrial financing.
Critical infrastructure blackouts are SA corporates’ biggest worry
Cyber incidents are the top global business risk by a clear margin, but they rank second in South Africa, according to the latest Allianz Risk Barometer.
Shifting risk landscape to impact cost of reinsurance even further
Industry leaders caution against the ‘new normal’ in reinsurance costs, emphasising the need for a comprehensive strategy to navigate escalating challenges.
Insurers and their clients count the cost of extreme weather
The insurance industry faces the challenge of striking a balance between affordability for clients and ensuring long-term sustainability amid the changing risk landscape.
South Africa is at high risk, but not only on the downside
The country is in a position similar to the one it was in before the apartheid system collapsed.
State can’t meet SA’s social and economic needs, says FirstRand’s chairperson
It’s time for the government to admit that collaboration with the private sector is the key to development and growth, says Jardine.
OECD calls for VAT hike to help fund permanent grant
South Africa should make the R350-a-month Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant permanent, increase the rate of value-added tax from 15% to 17%, and reform the “distortive” personal income tax system, the Organisation […]
Top causes of business insurance claims in South Africa
Fires or explosions generated the most expensive losses for South African businesses over the past five years, accounting for 65% of the value of all claims, according to a study by Allianz Global […]
Regulation 28: trustees ‘need to raise their infrastructure investment skills’
Retirement funds will have to invest in upskilling trustees to empower them to navigate the complex world of infrastructure investing opened up by the gazetting of the amendments to regulation 28 of the […]
National Treasury publishes final amendments to regulation 28
Retirement funds will be able to invest up to 45% of their assets in infrastructure from 3 January next year, when the amendments to regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act take effect. […]
Treasury revises restrictions on infrastructure investments
National Treasury’s second draft amendments to Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act have relaxed the restrictions on investments in infrastructure and will prevent funds from investing in crypto assets. Treasury said it […]
