Think Tank February 2008
2008 is going to be a challenge and we expect more conservative returns from the market, but we also think great oppor- tunities will exist for flexible, disciplined investors. 2010 is around the corner, the government is putting a massive amount of spend into infrastructure development and China is on an African spending spree....
Think Tank September 2007
Many of the latest scandals in the retire- ment fund industry like Fidentia, bulking etc. have stemmed from a failure in gover- nance. The Financial Services Board (FSB) believes these scandals could have been avoided if strong, accountable Boards of Trustees had been in place....
Think Tank June 2007
RisCura is often asked to pitch to retire- ment funds that are considering using the servicesofaninvestmentconsultant.Small funds in particular, see investment consul- tants as an expensive luxury, given the high fixed costs of administering and managing a retirement fund. The Afrikaans idiom “goedkoop is duurkoop” comes to mind. Boards of Trustees...
