Investment Funds
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Smart investing to beat longevity risk
Investors come to a balanced fund because they want growth
Vocabulary needed to make sense of the new normal
Negative rates are seriously spooking markets. Money managers are used to getting a positive return on their investments
Focussed on benefitting members
Profits from the fund’s activities are reinvested to benefit members
Investments focussed on enhancing members’ wellbeing
The fund’s investment goal is to enhance returns to members on a sustainable basis
Rhodes Must Fall campaigners barking up the wrong tree
If trustees of the UCT fund have "blood on their hands" because of investment in Lonmin then so must trustees of all pension funds similarly invested.
Rickards: Developing markets should step up controls
Investment Banker and author James Rickards says emerging markets should consider implementing capital controls.
Chasing returns is for losers
Studies have shown that investors are paying a high price for switching between funds.
How to lower the costs of retirement
Restructuring the way we save for retirement could halve our costs and a new model that changes preservation rules will dramatically reduce charges.
Paying for value
It’s time to start asking questions about whether the fees levied on investments are worth the returns, writes Maya Fisher-French.
No end in sight for Ovation investors
Curators fight over who should bear the loss and the matter might go to trial.