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#Africa Month: Call for new thinking about Africa
#Africa Month: Call for new thinking about Africa
Nurturing and encouraging a different way of thinking by Africa's thought leaders - and about Africa by the rest of the world... read


Insurance & Actuarial
Children's grants can't fund funeral policies
Children's grants can't fund funeral policies
After much legal wrangling, the minister, Sassa and Lion of Africa insurance company reached a settlement regarding funeral policy premiums being deducted from children's grants... read
Will SA's short-term insurance industry prosper?
Will SA's short-term insurance industry prosper?

Issued by Insight Survey

According to a recent report in a prominent South African publication, South Africa's short-term insurance industry is on the cusp of a significant growth period... read
Banking
Tanzania's switch organisation enables all its ATMs to accept UnionPay cards
Tanzania's switch organisation enables all its ATMs to accept UnionPay cards

Issued by UnionPay International

On 25 May, UnionPay International and Tanzania's bankcard switch organisation, Umoja, jointly announced that UnionPay cards will be accepted at all ATMs that subordinate to Umoja... read
Andries Kok
Are we still giving traditional banks too much credit?

Andries Kok, CFO: PayAccSys

Despite the hype around financial technology and the wave of new and innovative payment solutions, most South African businesses remain beholden to the major banks... read
Focus on safety and security in cash in transit and banking environments at Vision2030 Summit
Focus on safety and security in cash in transit and banking environments at Vision2030 Summit

Issued by Topco Media

Topco Media will be hosting the Vision2030 Summit on 8 and 9 June in Johannesburg. One of the topics under discussion at a breakaway session will be safety and security within the cash in transit and banking environments... read
Financial Services
Alex Cook
Caveat vendor, caveat merger

Alex Cook, CEO: GCI Wealth

Selling your brokerage or financial planning consultancy is an obvious exit strategy, but there are numerous pitfalls... read
Diane Radley, CEO: Old Mutual Investment Group
#Africa Month: Old Mutual ups equity stake in UFF African Agri Investments
Old Mutual Investment Group has increased its overall effective equity stake in UFF African Agri Investments to 49%... read
Political uncertainty and corruption are key drivers of financial distress
Political uncertainty and corruption are key drivers of financial distress
Political uncertainty, high unemployment rates, slow economic growth and severe drought has created a perfect storm of economic and political events for South Africa... read
Three days and counting - SA's top financial services brands to be announced Thursday
Three days and counting - SA's top financial services brands to be announced Thursday

Issued by Financial Intermediaries Association

Excitement is building for the 2016 FIA Awards gala dinner which will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, this Thursday, 2 June... read
Fintech
#AfricaMonth: Sierra Leone, a deadly virus and digital payments
#AfricaMonth: Sierra Leone, a deadly virus and digital payments

Momodu Kargbo, Sierra Leone minister of finance an

In our experience battling the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, one solution saved lives, delivered major cost savings, and continues to help the economy rebuild and recover... read
Markets & Investment
Why choosing the perfect trading platform is important
Why choosing the perfect trading platform is important

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

Once reserved for investment bankers and others working in the financial and investing industries, Forex trading has become widely available to the public, making it a viable method of making a secondary or even primary income... read
Why how you use your profits is crucial when your business is in a growth phase
Why how you use your profits is crucial when your business is in a growth phase

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

Some of the profits from your initial growth period will probably need to be invested back into the business, but this isn't the only way to give yourself some more stability with this money... read
GSB panel calls for a 'revolution in how we think and act' to reverse SA's downward slide
GSB panel calls for a 'revolution in how we think and act' to reverse SA's downward slide

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business

South Africa may have staved off a rating downgrade, but to tackle the country's big societal issues - including unemployment and corruption - is going to demand a more deep-seated change in approach... read
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
Mike Mulcahy
Green tech hub predicts R1bn investment boost
Continued cooperation between local, provincial and national government could see an additional R1bn in direct investment pumped into a proposed green technology SEZ... read
Taxation & Regulation
Taxing foreign sport players, entertainers
Taxing foreign sport players, entertainers

Graeme Palmer

Sections of the Income Tax Act provides for the taxation of foreign sportspersons, such as the professional athletes competing in races like the up-coming Comrades... read
Desiree Goodwin
Special voluntary disclosure programme

Desiree Goodwin, Issued by Meredith Harington

The Minister of Finance announced a special voluntary disclosure programme (SVDP) in his 2016 Budget Speech to give an opportunity to non-compliant taxpayers to voluntarily disclose offshore assets and income... read
Business
Change vs. transformational management
Change vs. transformational management

John Sanei

Forget about change management, we are squarely in the transformation age and with it we need to apply transformational management... read
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