We kicked off discussions at this week’s BizNews Finance Friday webinar with a look at whether Bitcoin, blockchain and SA’s underperforming funds have a place in your portfolio of assets. Answering your money questions were: independent financial advisors Dawn Ridler of Kerenga Wealth Ecology, Johannesburg, and Jonathan Botha of Netto Invest, Cape …

Our popular, highly interactive Finance Friday webinar is back. This week, we were joined by global index-tracking expert Lisa Segall of GinsGlobal Index Funds, and award-winning, independent investment expert Magnus Heystek of Brenthurst Wealth Management. It was a vibrant conversation on how to make the most of your hard-earned savings - at home …

Independent advisors Dawn Ridler of Kerenga Wealth Ecology and Candice Paine of PR Financial Services joined us at this week's BizNews Finance Friday. We took a look back at the big money questions this year and how to plan for 2021.By BizNews

The Noontime webinar is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro from Sasfin, as the regular guest. This week our CFO in focus was Basil Sgourdos of Naspers. The money manager supporting David and Alec with the questions was Adrian Saville.…

Dawn Ridler of Kerenga Wealth Ecology and Wynand Gouws, wealth manager at Gradidge Mahura Investments, answered your questions about global assets as well as your domestic savings, with a special focus on how to pay less tax when you retire.By BizNews

A special episode of the noontime webinar featuring a debate on Covid-19 between PANDA co-founder, actuary Nick Hudson; and SA and UK academic and HIV/AIDS activist Prof Alan Whiteside. In a recent interview - Whiteside referred to the drafters of the Great Barrington Declaration as misguided idiots... Hudson, whose organisation's advisory board in…

The dramatic changes opening up the world for your retirement funds are in focus in Jackie Cameron’s Finance Friday this week. Jackie discusses this with expert guests including Magnus Heystek of Brenthurst Wealth Management, and Gareth Leonard of Netto Invest.By BizNews

The Noontime webinar is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg. This week we had a smorgasbord of topics, from Anchor Capital founder Peter Armitage on his delisting decision (and his view on investment markets, of course) through to the MultiChoice results, Ace Magashule's arrest and the latest on Covid-19.…

Every Friday BizNews editor Jackie Cameron sits down with finance specialists to help smooth your investment journey. This week's attendees were in for a treat, guests included: - Schalk Malan, the qualified actuary who is the main architect behind BrightRock’s unique human-centric life insurance. He’ll be sharing some interesting developments on in…

The Noontime webinar is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro from Sasfin, as the regular guest. This week our CEO in focus was Gerrie Fourie of Capitec. The expert money manager supporting David and Alec with the questions was SA's top financial services fund manager, Kokk…

Taking a closer look at SA investment opportunities, risks and challenges were entrepreneur and property investment specialist Michelle Dickens, managing director and co-founder of TPN Credit Bureau; and financial advisor Lourens Reichert of Holborn Africa.By BizNews

The Noontime webinar is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro from Sasfin, as the regular guest. This coming week we deviated from our usual theme to find perspective on the past week's raft of financial results from the Big Tech companies - Amazon, Apple, Alphabet and Face…

Investing offshore is in vogue - but there are many ways to develop a diversified portfolio. In this week’s Finance Friday webinar, independent financial advisor Dawn Ridler of Kerenga and Mike Brown, financial services entrepreneur behind etfSA.co.za - which provides lower cost index trackers - were our special guests.…

The Noontime webinar is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro from Sasfin, as the regular guest. This week the CEO in focus was Fleetwood Grobler of Sasol. Helping Alec and David with the quizzing was Piet Viljoen of RE:CM.By BizNews

Fractional property and long-term investments were on the agenda at this week’s BizNews Finance Friday webinar. Guests included Easy Properties Rupert Finnemore, independent financial adviser Dawn Ridler and SAIFAA's Derek Smorenburg.By BizNews

Craig Gradidge, founder of award-winning financial advice company Gradidge-Mahura in Johannesburg, and global financial markets specialist Fred Razak of CM Trading join BizNews editor Jackie Cameron to discuss prescribed assets and the Robinhood hacking scandal.By BizNews

The Monday Noontime webinar is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro as the regular guest. This week we were joined by Paul Hanratty, CEO of Sanlam and guest investment analyst Adrian Saville from Cannon Assets.By BizNews

Building wealth for the long-term. In this week’s Finance Friday at noon, independent financial advisor Dawn Ridler of Kerenga Wealth Ecology in Johannesburg, and investment specialists Albert Coetzee and Marc Lindley of Ninety One Investment Platform were available to answer your money questions.By BizNews

The Monday Noontime webinar is the only weekly webinar hosted by Biznews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro as the regular guest. This week we were joined by Gavin Hudson, CEO of Tongaat Hulett, KZN's venerable sugar and property group which had some really good news last week when the R5bn sale of its starch op…

With thousands of investment options available to you, where do you begin building assets for the long-term? Join award-winning independent investment expert Magnus Heystek of Brenthurst Wealth Management and Lisa Segall of GinsGlobal Index funds, for a discussion on how to narrow your options and make the right choices.…

The Monday Noontime webinar is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg. This week he was joined by Charles Savage, CEO of Purple Group, owner of the innovative retail share investing business Easy Equities. The guest investment analysts were Wilhelm Hertzog of Rosendal Partners and veteran investment analyst Mark Ingham of Ingha…

The Monday Noontime webinar is exclusive to BizNews Premium members. Starting at noon, it is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro as the regular guest. After positive feedback the new format is now confirmed where each programme focuses on the CEO of a company in the news …

This week we take a look at prescribed assets and how to plan ahead for retirement. Among the experts answering your questions are: Dawn Ridler, an independent financial advisor, and Hermann Pretorius of the IRR, explains why a dry-sounding government policy on pension investments has hit the mainstream.…

The Monday Noontime Rational Radio webinar is held weekly from noon to 1pm, exclusive to Biznews Premium members. It is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro as the regular guest. The format was adjusted this week to enable us to focus on the CEO of a company in the news as…

Join independent financial advisor Dawn Ridler of Kerenga Wealth Management in Johannesburg, and Deon Gouws, Chief Investment Officer at Credo Wealth, London, for a stimulating conversation on investing opportunities and risks.By BizNews

The Monday Noontime Rational Radio webinar is held weekly from noon to 1pm, hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro as the regular guest. There are three other panelists, each of whom enjoy the spotlight for 15 minutes, discussing their topic with Alec and David, and answering questions posed by atte…

This week, award-winning financial advisor Magnus Heystek of Brenthurst Wealth Management and stock market trading expert Brett Duncan of the Standard Bank group answered personal finance questions.By BizNews

The Monday Noontime webinar is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro as the regular guest. Three other panelists are invited weekly, each of whom enjoy the spotlight for 15 minutes during which they answer questions from attendees discussing their topic with Alec and David.…

Answering money questions at the BizNews Finance Friday webinar this week are award-winning financial planner Craig Gradidge of Gradidge-Mahura Investments and Nilan Morar of online broker Easy Equities.By BizNews

Hunting for returns offshore. CM Trading’s Fred Razak shared insights on how to trade in financial markets, and Arran Kerkvliet, investment director at One Touch Property, is a specialist in high-yielding UK real estate.By BizNews

Covid-19 had a devastating impact on the South African horse racing industry. A R100m lifeline from Mary Oppenheimer Daughters in May this year helped shore up Phumelela, the nation’s biggest horse racing company, after the racetrack owner filed for a local form of bankruptcy protection. Brian Riley, the acting Chairman of the Racing Association (R…

The Monday Noontime webinar is hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro as the regular guest. Four other panelists joined this week: * Piet Viljoen, executive chairman of RE:CM shared his "local is lekker" perspective of South African investment opportunities. * Nick Hudson, co-ordinator of PANDA sha…

How do wealthier South Africans diversify their investments? Jackie Cameron spoke to award-winning financial planner Debbie Netto-Jonker, who shares her time between SA and Australia, and bricks-and-mortar property specialist Andrew Golding, who has insights on the SA and global property markets.By BizNews

Tim Modise, a veteran broadcaster, put your questions to the country's law-enforcers at a BizNews Thursday Noontime webinar on the subject of arresting the corruption slide that is threatening to pull the carpet out from under South Africa. Modise’s guests were the head of the country’s great hope in the fight against corruption, Special Investigat…

OrbVest is a global real estate company that has a hyper-focus on acquiring stable income producing Medical buildings in the USA. In this sponsored webinar for OrbVest on the launch of its OrbVest Diversified Holdings 1 product, we demonstrate how we plan to generate the same attractive returns, but with your risk spread over to 10 different buildi…

Alec Hogg returned to host the Noontime Thursday webinar with another in his series with the founders of iconic South African companies. This week he hosted Adrian Gore and Barry Swartzberg, founders of the multinational Discovery Group. Pioneer of the shared value business model, Discovery is now a major player in SA and the UK, owns 25% of China'…

Jackie Cameron, BizNews editor, hosts the Finance Friday webinar. This week’s guests: Lisa Segall, director and certified financial planner at GinsGlobal and independent financial expert Dawn Ridler. The hot topic is still global diversification and the webinar also explores how to get that offshore exposure without investing more money.…

This week’s guests: Magnus Heystek, founder of award-winning investment boutique Brenthurst Wealth Management, and independent financial expert Candice Paine. The hot topic is still global diversification; this week, we also looked at how to get that offshore exposure without investing more money.By BizNews

The Monday Noontime Rational Radio webinar is held weekly from noon to 1pm, hosted by Biznews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro as the regular guest. There are three other panelists, each of whom enjoy the spotlight for 15 minutes, discussing their topic with Alec and David, and answering questions posed by att…

The Monday Noontime Rational Radio is held weekly from noon to 1pm, hosted by Biznews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro as the regular guest. There are three other panelists, each of whom enjoy the spotlight, discussing their topic with Alec and David, and answering questions posed by attendees. Apart from Davi…

The Monday Noontime Rational Radio webinar is hosted by Biznews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro as the regular guest. There are three other panelists, each of whom enjoy the spotlight for 15 minutes. Apart from David, the webinar also featured: * Duncan Artus - Long-time portfolio manager at Allan Gray who wa…

Biznews founder Alec Hogg hosts the weekly Rational Radio podcast hour, which is now recorded as a webcast to allow interactive engagement with Biznews Premium members. SA's favourite market watcher David Shapiro joined as the regular guest. The other guests June 1 included: * Denker Capital's Kokkie Kooyman, SA's leading financial services investm…

Biznews founder Alec Hogg hosts the weekly Rational Radio podcast hour, which is now recorded as a webcast to allow interactive engagement with Biznews Premium members. SA's favourite market watcher David Shapiro joined him as his regular guest. This week "Kasinomics" author and informal market specialist GG Alcock joined to discuss how some parts …

In this episode of Rational Radio, SA's favourite stockbroker David Shapiro is peppered with questions about investment ideas (he comes up some fresh ones including Salesforce.com) and the two pic stories in focus are: * The threat to 100,000 horse racing jobs is very real, with no guarantee a R100m Oppenheimer bailout will save the teetering secto…

In this episode of Rational Radio, Alec Hogg apart from the stream of questions from on-attendance Biznews Premium subscribers, regulars David Shapiro and GG Alcock have plenty to chew on as former FNB boss turned startup investor Michael Jordaan picks the economy's post-Covid-19 winning and losing sectors; and Sygnia founder Magda Wierzycka explai…

In this week's episode of the Rational Radio show David Shapiro takes a look at Sasol in the wake of the move to ESG and the low oil price; GG Alcock explains why the easing of lockdown in townships came not a minute too soon; From the UK, Prof Alan Whiteside updates us on the latest Covid-19 news including SA's coming wave of infections and the se…

This week's full Rational Radio show features the regular in-virtual-studio guests David Shapiro and GG Alcock discussing the impact of Covid-19 on the formal and informal sectors. Plus fascinating interjections with Paul O'Sullivan on an alternative plan to closing South African Airways; and an update from Ian Ambler, co owner of the Pietermaritzb…

An adjusted format for the latest episode of Rational Radio where SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro unpacks Covid-19 impact on the formal sector, and Kasinomics author GG Alcock explains what's happening in the informal market. They raise concerns about the practical implications of the lockdown on both sides of the economy - but catc…

In this episode of Rational Radio guests in order of appearance are: * SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro; * Kasinomics author GG Alcock on how the informal sector is being hit by SA's 21 day lockdown; * PingAn Health deputy CEO Alain Peddle (from Shanghai) providing visibility from China on how long the Covid-19 Crisis is likely to la…

In this week's episode of Rational Radio, David Shapiro and Delphine Govender help us keep cools head while Mr Market is losing his. Plus a MUST LISTEN interview about SA's late Sun King with Ian Douglas who shares the person behind the image - his long-time friend of Sol Kerzner's. Also Ocean Basket's CEO Grace Harding talks about the challenge of…