Shaheed Mohamed, head of Group Savings & Investments at Allan Gray provides insights into strategic financial planning, addressing key factors to consider when navigating the rising costs of education, including the option of investing offshore for international education opportunities.

Three years into the bear market in bonds, battered and bruised global bond investors could be forgiven for retreating to the sidelines and giving up on the asset class. But we believe this would be a mistake.

Dubai has emerged as a beacon that draws both local and international entrepreneurs, with over 2,400 South African companies registered with the Dubai Chambers of Commerce. Dani van Vuuren, Business Development Consultant at Sovereign Trust SA, provides insights into doing business in Dubai as a South African.

The mega-themes reshaping the world economy provide a wealth of opportunities and risks for global investors in equities. Taking a global view, Alex Tedder and Tom Wilson look across developed and emerging markets for the sectors, countries and themes best placed for the period to come.

The end of 2023 is fast approaching and with it, a sigh of relief. It was another volatile year where politics and economics continuously toyed with our emotions. There was little peace amidst the turmoil we witnessed throughout the year, and it’s only natural that some of us are experiencing some level of fatigue.

In the latest update to Schroders’ forecasts, economists explain how the diverging fortunes of the world’s major economies will have important implications for policymaking and financial markets.