Thomas Berry highlights how disciplined, tax-efficient investing through Retirement Annuities and Tax-Free Savings Accounts helps investors stay the course during market volatility, curb emotional decisions, and benefit from compounding, rand-cost averaging and long-term recovery to secure financial goals over time.

Sean Neethling examines whether surging AI investment signals a market bubble, concluding conditions are not extreme. Using valuation, sentiment and capital-supply signals, he urges investors to prioritise diversification and caution, avoiding overvalued AI and crypto segments while targeting resilient global opportunities.

Amid South Africa’s education crisis, Pridwin Academy earns global recognition after winning Schroders’ Global Charity Competition. Backed by a GBP50,000 donation, the initiative delivers holistic, technology-driven after-school education, empowering boys from under-resourced communities to excel academically and beyond, nationwide impact.

Morningstar has announced updates to its Medalist Rating methodology, launching globally in April 2026, to simplify structure, improve transparency, enhance rating stability, and help investors more easily identify funds with potential to outperform peers.

Amid continued macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility, private markets benefit from both cyclical and structural tailwinds that allow them to play a key role in diversified, resilient portfolios.

Momentum Investments’ 2026 Economic Outlook highlights how a year of political tension, shifting trade alliances and surprise economic twists has set the stage for an unpredictable year ahead