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June’s dip in rental inflation larger than anticipated | July 2024
Less hawkish hold a pathway to monetary policy easing | July 2024
Market and economic outlook: July 2024 | July 2024
Mindfields: Market insights | July 2024
SA's new Cabinet: Piecing together the government of national unity | July 2024
Consumer pulse: Less pessimistic about the economic outlook | June 2024
CPI unchanged at 5.2% y/y in May, in line with expectations | June 2024
How investment styles behave during periods of uncertainty | June 2024
2024 National Elections | June 2024
Financial Stability Review: SA insurers relatively resilient against shocks | June 2024
Growth unexpectedly contracts by 0.1% in Q1 2024 | June 2024
Business pulse: Political climate clouds business activity | June 2024
SARB keeps interest rates steady at 8.25% - a less hawkish hold | May 2024
Blue Chip Journal - What is impacting the investment landscape? | May 2024
MoneyMarketing - Why do you want to invest offshore? | May 2024
Blue Chip Journal - Listings on the JSE: Should recent history make us worried? | May 2024 (pdf)
Blue Chip Journal - The cost of carbon: an investor’s perspective | May 2024 (pdf)
Cover Magazine – Why do you invest offshore? | April 2024 (pdf)
Quantitative investing: Your passport to going global | April 2024
MoneyMarketing - Debunking the ESG ‘fad’ | March 2024 (pdf)
Cover magazine - How you can personalise your advice for retirement planning | February 2024 (pdf)
Blue Chip Journal - ETFs, ETNs and AMCs: is this the future of investing? | January 2024 (pdf)
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MoneyMarketing - Leveraging technology to enhance business growth for financial advice practices | January 2024 (pdf)
FIA Insight - Retirement savings should always be a last resort when clients need liquidity | January 2024 (pdf)
MoneyMarketing - Reflecting on the state of the world and markets, the analogy of a coiled spring comes to mind | December 2023 (pdf)
Blue Chip Journal - Smart Beta has disrupted the binary choice between active and passive investing | November 2023 (pdf)
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FIA Insight - Advisers must stay ahead of the curve, using technology to help clients achieve their financial goals. (pdf)
MoneyMarketing - How to get superior returns and lower fees | September 2023 (pdf)
MoneyMarketing - Have the low-hanging fruit rotted in South Africa? | September 2023 (pdf)
Blue Chip Journal - Invest your savings money | August 2023 (pdf)
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Blue Chip Journal - How big is your shield against AI | August 2023 (pdf)
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Cover magazine - Chinese clampdown | October 2021 (pdf)
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Economic updates



Economic news

2024

SARB delivered the first highly anticipated repo rate cut to 8% | September 2024
CPI – September 2024 | September 2024
Consumer pulse: Third quarter 2024 | September 2024
External trade trends: Third quarter 2024 | September 2024
Business pulse: Firms are cautiously optimistic | September 2024
Growth up 0.4% q/q in Q2 2024 buoyed by consumption | September 2024
Population grows in a low economic growth environment | September 2024
CPI – August 2024 | August 2024
June’s dip in rental inflation larger than anticipated | July 2024
Less hawkish hold a pathway to monetary policy easing | July 2024
Market and economic outlook | July 2024
SA's new Cabinet: Piecing together the government of national unity | June 2024
Consumer pulse: Less pessimistic about the economic outlook | June 2024
CPI unchanged at 5.2% y/y in May, in line with expectations | June 2024
2024 National Elections | June 2024
Financial Stability Review: SA insurers relatively resilient against shocks | June 2024
Growth unexpectedly contracts by 0.1% in Q1 2024 | June 2024
Business pulse: Political climate clouds business activity | June 2024
SARB keeps interest rates steady at 8.25% - a less hawkish hold | May 2024
Living annuities and investing offshore
Monetary Policy Review: More caution over interest rates (pdf)
Food inflation dip drives headline figure lower to 5.3% in March (pdf)
Consumer pulse: Consumers face mounting financial pressures (pdf)
SA dodges a technical recession in the fourth quarter of 2023 (pdf)
Business pulse: Business confidence depressed at 30 points (pdf)
External trade trends: Current account deficit ratio widens to 1.6% in 2023 (pdf)
National budget preview: Focusing on five fiscal flags (pdf)
SONA: Addressing democratic despondency with pre-election promises (pdf)
SARB unanimously keeps repo rate steady at 8.25% (pdf)

2023

The impact of a greylisted status on the SA economy and financial markets (pdf)
National budget review (pdf)

2022

Large upside surprise in third quarter growth could leave annual figure closer to 2.5% (pdf)
SARB addresses inflation concerns by hiking by another 75bps (pdf)
Business pulse | Fourth quarter 2022 (pdf)
Headline and core inflation surprise to the upside in October (pdf)
Headline inflation eased in November 2022 while dore inflation remained unchanged (pdf)
Medium-term budget review (pdf)
Inflation slows encouragingly for the second month in a row (pdf)
Market and economic outlook: October 2022 (pdf)
SARB keeps its foot firmly on the pedal and hikes rates by 75bps (pdf)
The impact of a potential greylisting on the SA economy and financial markets (pdf)
Consumer pulse (pdf)
Floods and electricity shortages disrupt second quarter growth (pdf)
Signs of inflation persistence drive an unexpected 75 bps hike (pdf)
Market and economic outlook: July 2022 (pdf)
CPI June 2022 (pdf)
Dealing with declining markets (pdf)
Latest inflation figures (pdf)
Market and economic outlook April 2022 (pdf)
Latest inflation figures (pdf)
National budget 2022 (pdf)
National budget preview (pdf)
Latest inflation figures (pdf)
State of the Nation Address (SONA) (pdf)
Market and economic outlook January 2022 (pdf)
Economic outlook for 2022 (pdf)
Financial market outlook for 2022: Policy progression pertinent (pdf)

2021

Eight things to look out for in the medium-term budget (pdf)
Will the Smart Money keep flowing into Smart Beta products? (pdf)
Chinese clampdown (pdf)
Consumer price inflation October (pdf)

2020
Consumer price inflation down in December (pdf)
About Moody's rating decision (pdf)
COVID- 19 - Keep calm and wash your hands (pdf)
Economies at a glance and indices summary for June 2020 (pdf)
Growth collapse not as bad as feared, but worst still to come (pdf)
Inflation sank to 2.1% in May from 3% in April 2020 (pdf)
Inflation sinks to 3% in April 2020 under lockdown (pdf)
KMPD charts (pdf)
Mapping out economic scenarios for COVID- 19 (institutional) (pdf)
Mapping out economic scenarios for COVID- 19 (retail) (pdf)
Market and economic outlook July 2020 (pdf)
SA government adds to COVID- 19 economic relief (pdf)
Sarb delivers 100 basis point cut in an unscheduled meeting (pdf)
Sarb slices off another 50 basis points from the repo rate (pdf)
Supplementary budget review for June 2020 (pdf)

2019

Inflation eased in line with expectations in November 2019 (pdf)
Lift in October 2019 private sector credit growth, but rising growth in unsecured debt could flag consumer stress (pdf)
Sarb exercises caution on rising fiscal risks and keeps interest rates unchanged at 6.5% (pdf)
Inflation surprises further below the midpoint in October 2019 (pdf)
SA 2019 medium- term budget policy statement (MTBPS) (pdf)
Unanimous decision to keep interest rates steady at 6.5% (pdf)
Inflation surprises moderately to the upside in August 2019 (pdf)
Lower- than- expected electricity and water tariffs drive inflation to the bottom half of target in July 2019 (pdf)
Retail sales rebounded in the second quarter as June print edged higher (pdf)
Private sector credit extension lost further steam in June 2019 (pdf)
Jobs market remained depressed in the second quarter of 2019 (pdf)
The Sarb cuts repo rate by 25 basis points, but maintains a hawkish tone (pdf)
Slight slippage in retail trade sales for May 2019 (pdf)
May 2019 production growth fails to expand faster (pdf)
Inflation creeps higher to 4.5% in May in line with expectations (pdf)
Production print for April 2019 indicates a mild supply- side recovery (pdf)
Rosier retail trade sales print for April 2019 (pdf)
First- quarter growth print a shocker (pdf)
Consumer confidence picks up to five index points in the second quarter of 2019 (pdf)
Inflation contained and unchanged at 4.5% in June 2019 (pdf)
Interest rates steady at 6.75%, but bias shifting towards a more accommodative stance (pdf)
Inflation beats expectations and edges lower to 4.4% in April 2019 (pdf)
Weak momentum in retail sales for March 2019 (pdf)
Employment numbers disappoint in the first quarter of 2019 (pdf)
The 2019 National Elections: The ANC secures 57.5% in the most hotly contested polls since 1994 (pdf)
Gradual upward trajectory in consumer credit growth continues in March 2019 (pdf)
Retail trade sales print for February 2019 surprises positively, but remains weak (pdf)
Inflation positively surprises consensus at 4.5% in March 2019 (pdf)
Underwhelming mining and manufacturing prints for February 2019 (pdf)
No change to interest rates at 6.75% as SARB lowers growth and underlying inflation forecasts (pdf)
No major surprises as inflation rises broadly in line with expectations to 4.1% in February 2019 (pdf)
2019 National budget preview: Parastatals’ pressing financial needs raise concerns over SA’s fiscal sustainability (pdf)
SARB cuts inflation forecasts aggressively, but suggests risks remain moderately tilted to the upside (pdf)
Why deliberate outcome- based portfolio construction makes sense (pdf)
Changes to the strategic asset allocations of the Momentum Investments Factor Series portfolio (pdf)

2018
2018 SA equity market return in perspective (pdf)
Interest rate hike reflects the Reserve Bank’s intolerance for inflation expectations at the top end of the target (pdf)
Slower- than- expected rise in October 2018 inflation print to 5.1% (pdf)
Interest rates steady at 6.5%, but the balance of sentiment is shifting towards tighter monetary policy (pdf)
Another positive inflation surprise for August 2018 (pdf)
Responding rationally to rand and recession ructions (pdf)
Interest rates steady at 6.5%, but a realisation of inflation risks leads to a hawkish stance (pdf)
June 2018 inflation print extends string of positive inflation surprises (pdf)
May 2018 headline inflation beats expectations marginally at 4.4% (pdf)
Revived inflation risks prevent an interest rate cut (pdf)
April 2018 headline inflation increases on tax hike, but undershoots expectations (pdf)
A robust debate results in an interest rate cut to 6.5% (pdf)
February 2018 headline inflation surprises positively (pdf)
Further ease in headline inflation (pdf)
No ratings bargains for South Africa on Black Friday (pdf)
Interest rates unchanged amid elevated uncertainty (pdf)
Outcome- based investing reduces the risk to the drop in MTN’s share price (pdf)
Momentum Income Plus Fund’s exposure to Basil Read (pdf))
Further communication regarding Steinhoff (pdf)
Momentum Investments’ equity benchmark (pdf)
Your money is safe with us - Momentum Collective Investments Customers (pdf)
Your money is safe with us - Momentum Investments Factor Series Customers (pdf)
We raised R166 000 at our ninth annual charity golf day! (pdf)
Steinhoff International Holdings NV class action (pdf)

2017

Inflation continues on its downward trajectory in October 2017 (pdf)
Reserve Bank disappoints the market by keeping the repo rate unchanged (pdf)
August 2017 headline inflation prints below consensus (pdf)
Sharp (but expected) drop in July 2017 headline inflation (pdf)
SA interest rates cut sooner than anticipated (pdf)
June 2017 headline inflation drops to 5.1% in line with expectations (pdf)
Consumer mood remained gloomy in the second quarter of 2017 (pdf)
High levels of uncertainty keeps SA interest rates on hold at 7.0% (pdf)
Notable drop in April 2017 headline inflation to 5.3% (pdf)
Headline inflation beats expectations at 6.1% in March 2017 (pdf)
SA repo rate unchanged, but tone less hawkish than before (pdf)
SA businesses not in a rush to hire or invest (pdf)
Making sense of the March 2017 US Federal Reserve rate- setting meeting (pdf)
Sluggish economic activity in 2016, but growth has likely bottomed (pdf)
SA Budget FY2017/18: Gordhan guarding government’s gates (pdf)
SA repo rate held steady, while global risks keep tone cautious (pdf)
Asset class returns in 2017 determined by monetary/fiscal policy switch (pdf)

2016
Interest rate policy held steady, but tone remains cautious (pdf)
October’s headline rate of inflation rises above expectations (pdf)
Inflation slows towards top end of target band (pdf)
2016 Local government elections under the spotlight (pdf)
SARB presses the pause button and keeps interest rates steady at 7% (pdf)
No surprise in June headline inflation print (pdf)
May headline inflation print surprises positively (pdf)
Making sense of the June 2016 US Federal Reserve rate- setting meeting (pdf)
Material slowdown in real GDP growth in 1Q16 (pdf)
2Q16 Growth concerns rise in response to weaker business confidence (pdf)
SA dodges the downgrade bullet for now (pdf)
SARB pauses to reflect on previous interest rate tightening (pdf)
Tough road ahead for SA consumers implies weak GDP performance (pdf)
April headline inflation print in line with expectations (pdf)

Econonies at a glance
January 2024 (pdf)
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March 2024 (pdf)
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April 2024 (pdf)
April Afrikaans 2024 (pdf)
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Quarterly consumer pulse 2022
Quarter 3 2022 (pdf)

Quarterly economic overview 2024

Quarter 1: January - March 2024 (pdf)
Quarter 2: April - June 2024 (pdf)
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General

Sci-Fi Report 2023 - November 2023 (pdf)
Investment risk from a client’s perspective - April 2023 (pdf)
Delivering returns and doing good - April 2023 (pdf)
Mindfields: Price and Liquidity Risk Management - April 2023 (pdf)
Sci-Fi Report 2022 - January 2023 (pdf)
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Investment updates

Key market performance drivers 2024

June (pdf)
May (pdf)
April (pdf)
March (pdf)
February (pdf)
January (pdf)
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Investment updates

Key market performance drivers: September 2023 (pdf)
Key market performance drivers: August 2023 (pdf)
Key market performance drivers: July 2023 (pdf)
Key market performance drivers: June 2023 (pdf)
Exchange control on your portfolios - March 2022 (pdf)
The effect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on your portfolios - March 2022 (pdf)
Steinhoff: Update on class action - February 2022 (pdf)
Recent developments with the Land Bank - May 2021 (pdf)
Fit for future: Dynamic enhancements to the Factor Series Range of Portfolios - December 2020 (pdf)
Responsible investment: rating our investment managers - June 2020 (pdf)
We remain committed to your investment goals (retail) - March 2020 (pdf)
We remain committed to your investment goals (institutional) - March 2020 (pdf)
We remain committed to your investment goals (retail) - March 2020 (pdf)
We remain committed to your investment goals (institutional) - March 2020 (pdf)

Videos

Commitment to our outcome- based investing philosophy for your business’ investments - Nina Saad (YouTube)
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Opportunity set in South African bonds - Ian Scott (YouTube)
Positioning of individual investments before COVID- 19 compared to now - Jako de Jager (YouTube)
Property landscape before and during COVID- 19 - Pelo Manyeneng (YouTube)
Tracker portfolios provide an economic way to invest in equity indices - Loftie Botha (YouTube)
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From the experts

General

Mindfields: Market insights - July 2024 (pdf)
Sci-Fi Report 2023 - November 2023 (pdf)
Investment risk from a client’s perspective - April 2023 (pdf)
Delivering returns and doing good - April 2023 (pdf)
Mindfields: Price and Liquidity Risk Management - April 2023 (pdf)
Sci-Fi Report 2022 - January 2023 (pdf)
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Global Matters Weekly

2024

Honey, I shrunk the listings (pdf)
History doesn’t repeat but it often rhymes (pdf)
Defining value (pdf)
To exclude or not to exclude? That is the question (pdf)
Is there still value in Value? (pdf)
More bang for your buck (pdf)
Delicate China (pdf)
Interest rate cycles and their impact on asset returns (pdf)
The art and science of investment: Why process matters (pdf)
What do replacement costs tell us about the outlook for global listed property? (pdf)
Donald Ducked (pdf)
Investing like Roger Federer (pdf)
Stock picks for Starmer (pdf)
In plain sight (pdf)
Macron's political gamble (pdf)
The future of fund management (pdf)
Reform with Chinese characteristics (pdf)
Bipolar markets (pdf)
Hidden assets (pdf)
It could be gold's time to shine (pdf)
Will buybacks continue to bolster equity markets? (pdf)
It's the little things that count (pdf)
Weathering storms and building trust (pdf)
Where has the 'greenium' gone? (pdf)
Has the US labour market turned a corner? (pdf)
The quiet investor (pdf)
Leaping over leap days (pdf)
(il)Liquidity of property (pdf)
MOVErs and shakers (pdf)
China is on the move (pdf)
The fragility of trust (pdf)
The Trump spectre looms large (pdf)
Big isn't always beautiful (pdf)
A quandary from McQuarrie (pdf)
New Year. New me. New you. New US? (pdf)
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Legal updates

2024

Legal update 8 - Death benefits – proof of paternity, marriage and funeral costs(pdf)
Legal update 7 - Death benefits and third-party payments (pdf)
Legal update 6 - Attachment of retirement benefits for arrear maintenance (pdf)
Legal update 5 - Division of the joint estate of foreign marriages (pdf)
Legal update 4 - Garnishee orders against retirement funds (pdf)
Legal update 3 - Changes for marriages out of community of property without accrual (pdf)
Legal update 2 - Retrospective rule amendments (pdf)
Legal update 1 - Voluntary annuities vs compulsory annuities (pdf)

2023

Legal update 7 - FSCA Guidance Notice 1 of 2023 on section 14(7) (pdf)
Legal update 6 - Case law on cybersecurity matters (pdf)
Legal update 5 - Case law on customary marriage and spousal maintenance (pdf)
Legal update 4 - Case law on fraud and misconduct in the workplace(pdf)
Legal update 3 - Case law on divorce orders and pension interest (pdf)
Legal update 2 - Public Sector Fund benefits (pdf)
Legal update 1 - Taxation Laws Amendment Act 20 of 2022 (pdf)
Retirement Glossary (pdf)
Insurance Glossary (pdf)
Fund Fact Sheet Terminology (pdf)

2022

Legal update 8 - CDeduction in favour of an employer (pdf)
Legal update 7 - Death benefits - marriage in community of property (pdf)
Legal update 6 - Dependency of estranged dependants, adopted children and nominees (pdf)
Legal update 5 - EConfidentiality of personal information (pdf)
Legal update 4 - Maintenance (pdf)
Legal update 3 - Limitations of a power of attorney (pdf)
Legal update 2 - Validity of postnuptial agreements (pdf)
Legal update 1 - Taxation Laws Amendment Act No. 20 of 2021 (pdf)

2021

Legal update 9 - Case law on cancellation of life cover (pdf)
Legal update 8 - Access to retirement annuity and preservation fund benefits (pdf)
Legal update 7 - Caselaw on death beneftits payable (pdf)
Legal update 6 - Power of attorney for security of a debt irrevocable for as long as debt remains unpaid (pdf)
Legal update 5 - Estate planning - Provisions of a will must not be inconsistent with the Constitution (pdf)
Legal update 4 - Failure to pay maintenance (pdf)
Legal update 3 - Taxation Laws Amendment Act No. 23 of 2020 (pdf)
Legal update 2 - Marriage and maintenance after the dissolution of the marriage (pdf)
Legal update 1 - Requirements to stop a retirement fund from paying a benefit pending divorce proceedings (pdf)

2020

Legal update 18 - Case law on payment of life insurance policy where nominee is an unrehabilitated insolvent (pdf)
Legal update 17 - Case law on the duty to maintain a spouse and a child (pdf)
Legal update 16 - Case law on the PFA’s equity jurisdiction and the liability for unpaid retirement fund contributions (pdf)
Legal update 15 - Case law on disposition of retirement benefits upon insolvency (pdf)
Legal update 14 - Access to retirement annuity and preservation fund benefits (pdf)
Legal update 13 - Retirement fund contributions & multiple withdrawals3 (pdf)
Legal update 12 - Case law on marital regime matters (pdf)
Legal update 11 - Case law on debarment of representatives (pdf)
Legal update 10 - Case law on representatives (pdf)
Legal update 9 - Case law on divorce in respect of living annuities (pdf)
Legal update 8 - Case law on distribution of death benefits (pdf)
Legal update 7 - Case law on financial adviser-related matters (pdf)
Legal update 6 - : Case law on financial adviser-related matters (pdf)
Legal update 5 - Case law on retirement fund-related matters (pdf)
Legal update 4 - Public sector fund benefits (pdf)
Legal update 3 - Taxation Laws Amendment Act No. 34 of 2019 (pdf)
Legal update 2 - Case law on financial advisory and intermediary services (pdf)
Legal update 1 - Case law on divorce and death matters (pdf)

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