Don’t be lazy with your cash By Michael Kruger, CFA® Senior Investment Analyst, Morningstar Investment Management South Africa A record amount of R1.6 trillion is currently held in South African bank accounts as retail savings deposits. This is a staggering...
Saving and investing | The ultimate power couple By Debra Slabber, Portfolio Specialist, Morningstar Investment Management South Africa When you earn and/or have money, you have the ability to control how you spend it, save it and/or invest it. This is where the...
What Happened? Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), one of the 20 largest banks in the U.S. in terms of assets, has collapsed. It was the second largest bank failure in U.S. history and had international operations that were also impacted. As well, another (slightly) smaller...
The global Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced on the 24th of February that South Africa will be added to the ‘grey list’. As noted by the FATF: “When the FATF places a jurisdiction under increased monitoring, it means the country has committed to resolve...
Greylisting South Africa Have we done enough? By Francis Marais, Product Director, Morningstar Investment Management South Africa Much has been written about the potential of South Africa being greylisted. With the final decision looming and set to be announced on...
Navigating the uncertainties and finding the opportunities A few reminders as we embark on another year of investing By Roné Swanepoel, Business Development Manager, Morningstar Investment Management South Africa “Investors cannot earn high returns without...
