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The threat of greylisting

By Sandy McGregor on 31 Jan 2023

Reading time: 17 mins

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was established in 1989 to coordinate an international effort to combat money laundering. As South Africa’s economy is...

Insights categories - Investment insights

Orbis: The power of perspective

By Povilas Dapkevicius on 09 Nov 2020

Reading time: 1 min

It is easy to get caught up in the noise of short-term events like politics. What we have learned over the past 30 years is that a long-term view often revea...

Insights categories - Local investing

Stable Fund update: Finding value in SA equities

By Mark Dunley-Owen on 28 Apr 2017

Reading time: 4 mins

South Africa has a history of political uncertainty. The 15 months since the removal of Nhlanhla Nene as finance minister in December 2015 have been a stark...

Insights categories - Local investing

South Africa at a political crossroad

By Sandy McGregor on 04 Apr 2017

Reading time: 6 mins

The political events of the last 10 days, and the resulting ratings downgrade by S&P Global Ratings, have seriously eroded investor confidence in South Afric...

Insights categories - Local investing

Equity Fund update: Investing in the shade of unnerving political headlines

By Duncan Artus on 13 Jan 2017

Reading time: 3 mins

The year 2016 will be remembered by investors as one in which politics dominated the headlines. But what do we make of it all as investors trying to focus on...

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