by cfm_admin | Feb 19, 2019 | Economy, Finances
For South African investors, the past few years have been extremely trying. The only asset class that has delivered annualised returns of more than 10% over this period is local bonds.Both local and international equities have performed below inflation, global bonds...
by cfm_admin | Feb 19, 2019 | Economy, Finances
The last five years on the JSE have been incredibly hard. Investors in the local market have received returns only barely above inflation. As the graph below shows, this is one of the worst five-year periods on the local market in the last four and a half...
by cfm_admin | Oct 31, 2018 | Economy, Finances
In last quarter’s Corospondent, we wrote about the low-return environment of the previous five years and how it has led to a significant gap between expected returns and the actual results experienced by investors. The underwhelming period endured by some...
by cfm_admin | Jun 5, 2018 | Economy
Since narrowly winning the leadership of the ANC in December 2017, president Cyril Ramaphosa has made meaningful changes to his Cabinet and some state-owned entities. However, there are still legitimate concerns about his ability to make sufficient robust leadership...
by cfm_admin | Jun 5, 2018 | Economy
All aspects of land reform are complex and emotive. Peoples’ ties to land throughout history and across geographies are closely linked to their own cultural identity and economic position, and are often fraught with periods of upheaval. In South Africa, this is...
