12 September 2017
Social investing is gaining momentum globally as more and more people become conscious of “ethical” investing. Locally, we have two ETFs that follow a...
5 September 2017
Performance review: NewFunds MAPPS Protect has not been able to fulfil its promise of preserving the purchasing power of its investments. While the fu...
29 August 2017
“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” – an old rule of thumb that encapsulates the importance of diversifying your investments. Absa’s NewFunds has ...
22 August 2017
The NewFunds Swix 40 and other funds that track SA’s major equity indices have been under pressure over the past three years. This is largely because ...
Protecting your money against inflation is crucial. An extreme example comes from Zimbabweans who retired between 2000 and 2009, and had their life sa...
8 August 2017
Investors in the db X-tracker ETFs are poised to get better rand returns from their investments as their new owner cuts costs. Sygnia recently acquire...
1 August 2017
Bonds add something different to your portfolio, and that alone is a good reason to hold them. Bonds have a very different risk return profile than eq...
25 July 2017
Since our review of this fund in March last year, it has changed its name and benchmark index to NewFunds Risk-Controlled WITS SA-Momentum Index from ...
18 July 2017
Satrix, the first provider of ETFs in SA, has recently launched three new ETFs. The initial public offers for these closed yesterday, but they will li...