The arithmetic is not in active funds’ favour
Active versus passive is a dead concept according to Kingsley Williams , Satrix. A blend of man and machine, or active and indexation, should be the best strategy going forward.
Power wheeling: the solution to grid instability and achieving South Africa’s...
Vodacom Group Chief Technology Officer Dejan Kastelic explains how “virtual wheeling”
offers an exciting and innovative way forward for companies looking to move beyond loadshedding.
A universal perspective
Ferdi van Heerden took over the reins at Momentum Investments in September 2023. He has filled a range of executive positions in the Group, culminating in more than a decade of leadership in the international investment industry as head of Momentum Global Investment Management in the UK. Blue Chip caught up with him.
How will the COP28 resolutions shape Africa’s financial future and how...
Sandra Villars, Partner, Financial Services at Oliver Wyman, examines the concept of nature-related risk
and stresses the need for financing for climate adaptation that is relevant to the African context.
How to retire in a volatile market
Lourens Coetzee writes about how Marriott Investment Managers endeavors to bring more certainty to retirement planning with an income focused investment style.
The rising relevance of DFMs
In August 2022, Discovery launched Cogence, South Africa’s first truly global discretionary fund manager as well as the first discretionary fund manager to fully model retirement solutions by taking
health experience into account.
The funding struggle
Cerina Bezuidenhout, co-founder and COO of Future Females Empowerment Initiatives, lays out the facts about women and inequitable financing, based on research done in South Africa and four other countries by the organisation.
World-class hydrocarbon discoveries confirm potential
Exciting offshore discoveries are not the only areas exciting interest, as David van der Spuy, Manager: Resource Evaluation Manager at PASA, explains. Biogenic, coal-bed methane and shale gas are all showing possibilities.
Nature’s Dividend: investing with impact to tackle the dual climate and biodiversity...
Diane Laas and Rob Stewart, Global Impact Fund Managers at Melville Douglas, discuss how to invest with impact to target both the climate and biodiversity crises.
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Gen Z and Millennials are quietly disrupting the insurance industry
A quiet shift is underway in South Africa’s insurance space as younger generations bring new expectations and behaviours to the market, writes Alain Nathan, Divisional Executive: Commercial and Private at GIB.
Institutional Investment Insights Conference 2025
This conference is specifically designed for senior pension CIOs, asset/liability specialists, DFM’s, multi managers, family offices and trustees.
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