Don’t dive at every penalty: the investing case for doing less
Telling investors to do nothing rarely works. A small, ringfenced ‘play pot’, bounded by rules, scratches the itch without damaging the core…
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Pay is up. So why are workers raiding pensions?
South Africans got above-inflation pay rises. Yet they’re raiding pensions, cancelling insurance and leaving jobs. Here’s why…
How a perfectly faked SMS can empty your bank account
South Africans are bombarded with phishing scams. The tools to curb them exist, but until companies deploy them, nothing will change…
This tax workaround is closing soon
Treasury has set the clock running on section 42. Investors with concentrated shareholdings have until January 1 to act – or pay the tax…
South Africa has a retirement solution hiding in plain sight
Starting a TFSA for a child at birth, with R127 a month, gets them to R6m by 60. South Africa’s retirement crisis isn’t about…
Are Gen Zers better investors than their parents?
Gen Zers, in embracing a new way of living, have upended the traditional trajectory by delaying life’s major markers.…
Inside a vishing call: 41 minutes, R340,000 gone
A vishing call is a product, not a conversation. The UK treats banks as accountable. South Africa still treats the customer as an authoriser…
‘Overlanding Through the Boardroom’: importance vs urgency
Why the urgent so often distracts from the important – and what a Himalayan trek revealed about how easily distraction can tip into danger…
Essential money talks before tying the knot
Couples who avoid frank money conversations before marriage risk conflict, financial strain and a higher chance of divorce later on…
Tie yourself to the mast – and invest better
Why an investing constitution – rules written while you’re calm – may be the most useful thing a private investor can do…
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