Klimaatsverandering moet op verskillende maniere aangespreek word en een is deur sogenaamde groen beleggers. Maar wat beteken dit vir die portefeulje bestuurders?

Climate change needs to be addressed in different ways and one is through so-called green investors. But what will it mean for the portfolio managers?

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Die referaat wat ek en ʼn paar kollegas by SAFA lewer gaan oor Suid-Afrika se finfluencers. Hulle is sogenaamde influencers op TikTok wat finansiële raad gee. Ons het gekyk na hoe hulle raad ooreenstem of verskil met die beginsels uit die akademiese handboeke en selfhelp boeke.

The paper that a few colleagues and I are presenting at SAFA is about South Africa's finfluencers. They are so-called influencers on TikTok who give financial advice. We examined how their advice matched or differed from the principles of the academic textbooks and self-help finance books.

Woolworths was onlangs in ʼn sosiale media storm oor ʼn plan om slegs elektroniese betalings te aanvaar by sommige Woolworths Cafe’s, so is kontant dan nog koning?

Woolworths was recently in a social media storm over a plan to only accept electronic payments at some Woolworths Cafes, so is cash still king?

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Ek het vroeër die week gesels oor watter elemente van totale besteding drywers kan wees van ekonomiese groei. Verbruiksbesteding, investering en owerheidsbesteding is op

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Earlier this week I talked about what elements of total spending can be drivers of economic growth. Consumption spending, investment and government spending are weak at the moment. A related question to ask is what the growth would look like if all the positive things we hope for were to happen. Economists talk about the potential growth rate.

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Daar is die afgelope paar dae heelwat reaksie op die voorlopige 2023 Geïntegreerde Hulpbronplan van die regering. Daar is baie om te sê, maar ek wil graag twee punte uitlig.

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There has been a lot of reaction to the government's draft 2023 Integrated Resource Plan over the past few days. There is much to say, but I would like to highlight two points.

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