Markets: Looking bleak
Icy winds are again sweeping through global equity markets. Rising fear about the strength of the economic recovery has prompted investors worldwide to flee equities and plough funds into government bonds — and shares are sliding.
Most global stock markets have fallen sharply from their April highs, when jitters[...]
YWIF enjoy chocolate, wine and good advice in Camps Bay
On Friday August 20, UCT InvestSoc’s Young Women in Finance (YWIF) held their final event for the year. Sixty young women arrived at the Twelve Apostles Hotel in Camps Bay for an elegant evening organised by Absa Capital.
The YWIF mentorship project, traditionally a three-day annual summit,[...]
Fraudsters in high places
As we watched the trial of SA’s ex-police commissioner Jackie Selebi unfolding, many asked where we had gone wrong – that a person in such a highly respected and accountable position could be convicted of fraud and corruption. The irony was not lost on the nation.
While it may[...]
Boosting our actions in the new decade
The South American Business Forum (SABF) took place recently in Buenos Aires, Argentina from August 6 -8 2010, and local student Tascha Terblanche was lucky enough to attend the event. She tells us about the programme.
The forum, which in its sixth year, has created a platform for students[...]
