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Laura Du Preez

Nedgroup's Irish funds win it the offshore company award

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

Award is for manager of funds domiciled abroad and denominated in a foreign currency

Managing risk is key to Allan Gray's success

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

The manager's comeback was largely a result of its offshore funds achieving high scores in the PlexCrown ratings.

Allan Gray is back as SA’s top manager

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

After falling from first place among South African fund managers four years ago, Allan Gray has reclaimed the prestigious Raging Bull Award for the fifth time.

Global stock-picker delivers again

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

Contrarius Global Equity Fund (Ireland)

Nedgroup’s offshore multi-asset fund wins with value bias

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

NEDGROUP INVESTMENTS GLOBAL FLEXIBLE FUND

Review may see changes to minimum medical benefits

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

The Department of Health and Council for Medical Schemes have embarked on a major review of the minimum benefits that all medical schemes must provide

Allan Gray leads unit trust companies in latest survey

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

But is the asset manager set to win the Raging Bull Award manager of the year?

Restricted schemes remain the most stable

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

Three restricted medical schemes have again achieved the highest scores on an index that measures their sustainability.

Health insurance regulations take effect

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

Gap-cover policies and hospital cash plan benefits will be curtailed and top-up cover will be banned from January next year

Dealing with the financial fall-out of divorce

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

When a marriage breaks down, you need to take care of your financial well-being and plan for the future. Here's how.

State wants to go after directors of reckless lenders

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

The government this week set the wheels in motion to amend the National Credit Act (NCA) to allow for the criminal prosecution of the directors of credit-provider ...

Treasury relaxes its proposals on default pensions

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

Your retirement fund is likely to be compelled to offer you a default pension or annuity at retirement. But you will have to actively select either the annuity offered ...

Independent asset managers beat life assurer, bank peers

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

Independent asset managers managing popular multi-asset unit trust and retirement fund portfolios have, on average, returned two percentage points more than managers ...

Be smart about smart beta

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

There is evidence that tilting portfolios towards certain factors at play in South African financial markets can harness good returns at low costs, but you need ...

The case for active fund managers

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

True active managers have nothing to fear from the slowly rising number of passive investments available to you, the chief investment officer of one of South Africa’s ...

Claim that new hospitals to blame for medical scheme contribution hikes ‘lacks proof’

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

The claim that building more hospitals is one of the reasons for the steep increase in medical scheme contributions is not based on robust research, economists at ...

How to survive retrenchment

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

Retrenchment is always a blow, but the impact will be less severe if you’ve put a few financial protections in place to bridge the employment gap.

How different umbrella fund fee structures affect members

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

The range of umbrella funds features and fees makes it difficult to compare their costs, Michelle Acton, the principal consultant at Old Mutual Corporate Consulting, ...

Discovery’s bid to amend re-enrolment rule declined

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS) will not be able to deny membership to applicants whose previous membership of the scheme was terminated because of fraud ...

Change your story, change your life

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

If you are not making good financial decisions, it may be time to change the financial stories you believe.

New way to budget: find a strategy to meet your needs

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

Most people hate budgeting because it is making a plan to deprive yourself. But there’s a way to tackle budgeting that will leave you feeling more satisfied. This ...

‘I was an utter financial mess’

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

“I am a former utter financial mess,” behavioural economist Dr Sarah Newcomb says.

Your investments Trumped

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

Expect more volatility in the short term until the Trump administration clarifies its policies

The gap you really need to close

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

South Africans have, on average, between four and 47 percent of the life cover they need and between 30 and 45 percent of the disability cover they need, the latest ...

Are you one of millions with insufficient life and disability cover?

Laura Du Preez|Published 8 years ago

The gap between the life and disability cover that South Africans need and the cover they actually have is a telephone-book number: R28. 8 trillion – that’s 28 with ...