It is important to remain invested in small caps to capture the often lumpy upside in this asset class

Hedge funds have lost their allure for many investors. The perception is that they have given poor returns

If designated fund managers work, advisers can focus on their area of competence, which is sales

The average Morningstar fund rating is consistently and materially higher for the 10 largest funds than for funds with less than R500m

TymeBank now has 630,000 customers, well ahead of Discovery Bank, which has barely 10,000, and Bank Zero, which hasn’t even launched

Old Mutual set itself up for its current problems as far back as 2004

Allan Gray accepts that there have been more false dawns in Nigeria than just about any other country

It is a symbol of what is left of the old Wall Street and US economic hegemony

There is widespread scepticism about CEOs of large companies who surround themselves with spin doctors

When it comes to the age-old question of who guards the guards, in the Prudential Authority’s case it is nobody

Having had little competition, Stalker Hutchison Admiral has regularly been a major contributor to Santam’s bottom line

Alexander Forbes and Peregrine are far from strangers

As Vince Lombardi would have put it, investment returns aren’t everything – they’re the only thing

Prudential Investment Managers is one of the crop of boutique managers that has grown more slowly than others but is now one of the larger players, with more ...

It is puzzling that Sanlam has set up yet another life office. Some cannibalisation is inevitable

It is a mature business and assets under management are unchanged at R586bn, with international assets at R170bn