Not all green is the same: what you should know about...
Responsible investment has grown into one of the most complex and contested corners of the asset management industry, writes Sam Bovim of the Fossil Free South Africa team.
Anchor Capital brings high-conviction active strategies to the JSE in low-cost...
Anchor Capital has just listed two new actively managed exchange-traded funds (AMETFs) on the JSE, giving South African investors direct access to the firm’s high-conviction local and global equity strategies through a transparent, cost-efficient structure.
IRFA 2026 Conference
The IRFA 2026 Conference will address the dual transformation facing African retirement funds.
Ignore asset allocation at your peril
In their seminal piece titled Determinants of Portfolio Performance (1986), Brinson, Hood and Beebower set out to explain the variance of portfolio returns by deconstructing the quarterly returns of 91 large US pension plans over the period 1974 to 1983 into asset allocation and security selection decisions writes Michael Badenhorst, Chief Investment Officer, Independent Investment Solutions.
Responsible Investing and Investment Merit
WEBINAR: How integrating sustainability into investment decision-making is a crucial part of building resilient client portfolios.
Pleasant with intervals of clouds and sunshine
For financial planners, it is very tempting to make forecasts when clients ask for our views on markets, currencies and geopolitics. How do we handle uncertainty in markets and meet our clients’ need for stability, asks Galileo Capital's co-founder Warren Ingram?
A DFM who is not just talking technology
AI and technology is now the key to unlocking the benefits of financial planning and DFMs, writes Anton Turpin, CEO, MiPlan.
Enhancing value and diversification
Independent Investment Solutions’ Michael Badenhorst shares why DFMs are important in the grand scheme of investment solutions.
Conversations over calculus
Deon Gouws (Chief Investment Officer, Credo, London) talks about why smart people make money mistakes.
Hedge fund fees suggest investors are buying a superior product
Hedge funds have a reputation globally for charging higher fees than their long-only counterparts. The mantra “2 and 20” is traditionally the way hedge fund fees have been described, capturing the fee model of 2% management fee and 20% of outperformance as a performance fee.
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