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Jun 26, 20225 min read
Life insurers pay more than half a trillion Rand to policyholders and beneficiaries in 2020
Policyholders and beneficiaries received claims and benefit payments worth R522.7 billion from South African life insurers in 2020....
Jun 26, 20222 min read
When best-of-breed solutions have a better alternative
For many financial enterprises, best-of-breed systems have kept its momentum to offer specific best-of-sorts solutions in specialised...
Jun 26, 20223 min read
Enduring investment themes
Global systemic risks In response to the global pandemic and a rapidly changing macro-economic environment, policymakers have been...
Jun 26, 20223 min read
Are women more psychologically predisposed to getting into debt?
While the gap between men and women continues to close, as we move towards a more egalitarian society, we are still not quite there yet....
Jun 26, 20222 min read
It’s been a year since the Covid-19 sell-off. Where are we now?
It’s been over a year since the Covid-19 panic sparked the fastest market sell-off in history. This time last year, investors did not yet...
Jun 26, 20225 min read
Sanlam reports resilient 2020 annual results
Sanlam today reported solid annual financial results for the 12 months ended 31 December 2020. This reflects the diversity and underlying...
Jun 26, 20221 min read
Economic growth still bouncing from low lockdown base
Highlights: The South African economy contracted by 7% in 2020 compared to 2019. In the fourth quarter of 2020 the economy grew 6,3%...
Jun 26, 20223 min read
South Africans no longer have the luxury of being able to ignore politics
Confidence and optimism in South Africa may be at all-time lows, but Tim Modise says that South Africans are more politically engaged...
Jun 26, 20223 min read
Divorce and your retirement savings
Although the official statistics for South Africa’s divorce rate during COVID-19 are yet be released, globally, the pandemic sent divorce...
Jun 26, 20224 min read
Victims of GBV – It’s time to take back your financial power
As the world battles COVID-19, a certain number of women in South Africa are fighting what the United Nations terms the shadow pandemic:...