Fears for credit-led spending as bad debts escalate
National Credit Regulator quarterly data show bad debts among consumers in South Africa are growing faster than the number of new accounts and of credit-active clientsEconomy
Credit regulator warns consumers to take better care of their financial health
National Credit Regulator concerned that number of impaired records rising faster than new accounts and warns consumers to monitor their credit health
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The attraction of the alpha fund
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Financial Services
Retirement reforms ‘will take time to conclude’
Reforms will affect about 6-million employed South Africans
Personal Finance
A yen for branded clothing and BMWs
Lebogang Naves, best known as a club DJ and Metro FM pre-party host with the moniker Naves, talks to Moyagabo Maake about his firsts
Financial Services
The rise and rise of unsecured lending
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Personal Finance
Watch this retirement play
ETFs starting to flex muscles and reforms mean fund managers have to start taking notice
Personal Finance
New retirement product allows more flexibility
As markets are drawn downwards by one economic seizure after the next, the issue of fees in a low-return environment has become extremely contentious.
Personal Finance
How to preserve your financial health
Our financial health requires attention and the sooner we develop good habits the better
Financial Services
Absa says miscalculated interest on car loan was ‘isolated error’
South Africa’s largest retail bank overcharges customer for almost two years, by mistake
Financial Services
Retirement dream need not be a nightmare
Industry-led cost-cutting has improved returns to pensioners
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