by David Case | May 10, 2023 | Financial, Insights
USING EXCHANGE TRADED PRODUCTS TO GET EXPOSURE TO GOLD Gold has made a strong run towards record highs as sticky inflation and concerns over a hard landing in the economy have driven investors to seek the comparative safety of the world’s favourite safe haven asset....
by David Case | Mar 31, 2023 | Financial, Insights
WHEN OUTPERFORMANCE IS THE EXCEPTION AND NOT THE NORM March is the month where passive investment managers normally walk around with a smile on their face and a spring in their step. The reason for their merry moods is the release of the year end SPIVA Scorecards...
by David Case | Feb 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES I was sitting in a presentation last week by a well-known South African asset manager and a lot of the light hearted comments revolved around the recently launched ChatGPT. ChatGPT is a chatbot which...
by David Case | Nov 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
PASSIVE PERFORMANCE THROUGH THE BEAR MARKET It is commonly accepted knowledge around the world that we have seen a sustained period of outperformance by passive investment solutions when compared to their active management counterparts. In the latest SPIVA scorecard...
by David Case | Jul 29, 2022 | Financial, Insights
One of our non-negotiables when assessing an ETF is liquidity. This is a cornerstone of our selection process and is mentioned in all our marketing material and our presentations. In this Insights article we will look at why liquidity matters and then how ETFs...