Large medical schemes have announced average contribution increases of more than 10 percent for 2017, despite a circular from the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) ...
Small asset managers, or boutiques, walked off with more than half the certificates and awards at the 2016 Raging Bull Awards ceremony. What could give these companies ...
A phone call from a stranger in the middle of the night informing you that your child has been injured in a road accident is every parent’s nightmare. Eileen du ...
The Medical Schemes Act is silent on the costs that schemes must cover when “an emergency” turns out to be a “false alarm” or a “lucky escape”, medical scheme representatives ...
Medical scheme activist Angela Drescher first came to the attention of the public in February this year, when she testified at hearings held as part of the Competition ...
Consumers would lodge significantly fewer complaints about their medical schemes if schemes communicated openly with them, as was required by the regulations under ...
If you have a valid negligence case against a medical practitioner, there are several routes you can take in the quest for compensation, but don’t expect an easy ...
The Mazi Capital Prime Equity Fund was ranked second over five years to September 30 in the South African equity general sub-category, out-performing its competitors ...
Short-term insurance health products could be structured to make them affordable for low-income earners, researchers said at a recent workshop.
Where state-subsidised medical schemes such as Gems sit in government’s vision for National Health Insurance is open to debate.
The Prescient Income Provider Fund offers an alternative to a money market fund in the “new normal” environment.
Mazi Capital Prime Equity Fund – Raging Bull Award for the Best South African Equity General Fund on a risk-adjusted basis over five years to the end of December ...
Prescient Income Provider Fund – Raging Bull Award for the top-performing fund on straight performance in the South African interest-bearing and multi-asset income ...
The Council for Medical Schemes has published for comment an amendment to the definitions of the minimum treatment that medical schemes must provide for breast cancer. ...
The 27four Balanced Prescient Fund of Funds achieved exemplary risk-adjusted returns over the three years to the end of December 2014.
Three restricted medical schemes scored the highest on the Alexander Forbes Health Medical Schemes Sustainability Index.
You don’t have to belong to the most expensive medical scheme option to receive the richest hospital benefits, Hloni Mphahlele, a consulting manager at Alexander ...
Future income tax returns will ask you to declare if you have offshore trusts, or if you directly or indirectly control one, Judge Dennis Davis says.
Property investments combine the ambitions of income funds and equity funds. The Catalyst Global Real Estate PSG Feeder Fund is a top performer in this field.
July is National Savings Month, the month in which the problems of South Africa’s massive savings crisis are highlighted.
Although unconstrained in the asset classes it may invest in, the ClucasGray Future Titans Prescient Fund’s primary focus is carefully selected small- and medium-cap ...
Research shows that returns from financial markets do not always follow good economic growth
Interview with Tavonga Chivizhe, who manages the Momentum Best Blend Specialist Equity Fund
Over the next two years, you will see fundamental changes in the financial services sector, Jonathan Dixon, deputy executive in charge of insurance at the Financial ...