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Urgent need for a TER for beneficiary funds: Trustees need a meaningful comparison on fees and services
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Urgent need for a TER for beneficiary funds: Trustees need a meaningful comparison on fees and services. David Hurford, Fairheads. David Hurford, head of Fairheads Umbrella Beneficiary Fund. Ldquo;For example, some service providers charge annual administration fees as low as 0.5% of assets under administration, but a closer look at their investment fees reveals fees of 1.5% pa and more for the equivalent of a money market investment vehicle. That is before adding in transaction fees, funds c...Fairheads...
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Selling featured article: How to prepare your business for sale
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Ads: Buying/Selling Insurance Books. How to prepare your business for sale. Kirsten Smit, Citadel. Kirsten Smit, Advisory Partner at Citadel. Too often, business owners wait until they are ready to sell their business before they start planning their exit which often results in them not achieving maximum value. You only sell your business once and appropriate preparation and thought is essential. While every business sale is unique, there are a few common tips applicable:. Bull; Find the right combinatio...
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General featured article: Exposing the myths about retirement funding
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Exposing the myths about retirement funding. Tandisizwe Mahlutshana, PPS Investments. Tandisizwe Mahlutshana, Executive of Marketing at PPS Investments. Millions of South Africans face a future of working well past the retirement age in order to shore up their finances. Inadequate financial planning means many face running huge shortfalls on what they would actually need, in order to retire contentedly. We aim to dispel some of the myths currently surrounding retirement saving:. Reality: It is true that ...
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General featured article: A rise in governments considering the imposition of higher taxes on foreign buyers
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ETF's (Exchange Traded Funds). ETPs Exchange Traded Products. A rise in governments considering the imposition of higher taxes on foreign buyers. George Radford, IP Global. George Radford, Director of Africa at IP Global. Vancouver, Hong Kong and Singapore have all introduced higher taxes in recent years. Portugal, which has attracted huge inflows of foreign investment on its “golden visa” scheme, is now proposing higher taxes and duties on property. Ldquo;This should not, however, be a deterrent to inve...
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General featured article: Ensuring success for your business post-RDR
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ABC of RDR (Retail Distribution Review). Ensuring success for your business post-RDR. 1 Risks to fair customer outcomes:. Bull; Inherent conflicts of interest in commission and / or fees from product provider. Bull; Accountability for quality of advice and customer outcomes not always clear. 2 Risks to intermediary sustainability:. Bull; Financial advisors not always properly remunerated for advice. Bull; Value of financial advisor’s services not properly recognised. 3 Risks to effective supervision:.
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General featured article: Executives remain bullish on Africa’s commercial outlook
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A Focus on Africa. Short Term and Risk Management. Executives remain bullish on Africa’s commercial outlook. Herman Warren, The Economist Corporate Network. Herman Warren, Network Director for Africa at The Economist Corporate Network. Nigeria on track to overtake South Africa as top market finds ECN’s 2017 African Business Survey:. Bull; 63% of companies surveyed plan to increase their levels of investment in Southern, East and West Africa. In 2016, Africa’s GDP growth is estimated at 1.4%? Executives, ...
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General featured article: Managing for motivation in 2017
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Careers / Training / Learnerships. Managing for motivation in 2017. Liane McGowan, Happy Monday. Liane McGowan, happiness guru and founder of Happy Monday. McGowan offers three new year’s (and all year) resolutions that companies should implement for 2017, focusing on employee emotional development and happiness. In order to strive for a change in your workforce, it is key that a change in the processes being implemented occurs. So, resolution one first and foremost is to. Develop a happy environment.
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The Insurance Apprentice featured article: And the winner is ...
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And the winner is . The Insurance Apprentice - 2017. And the winner is……. It’s a wrap! The final episode of The Insurance Apprentice 2017, ‘ Announcing the winner. Rsquo;, sponsored by PWV Insurance Brokers, sees Kabelo Paile, Relationship Manager at Santam, crowned as the winner of the third season. Joined on stage by the runners up, Kabelo was announced as the winner on 28 March at a star studded event at The Venue in Sandton. Prizes, prizes, prizes. FAnews would like to congratulate Kabelo on winning ...
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