by Fintax Consulting Group | Jul 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
How do you protect your wealth when a country goes belly-up? Fortunately, we have a case study in Zimbabwe to help answer that question. Old Mutual is listed in South Africa (JSE), London (LSE) and Zimbabwe (ZSE) on each of their respective stock exchanges. One share...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Jun 26, 2020 | Latest News
The recent adjustment budget highlighted the widening of the ‘’jaws’’ between the country’s expected expenditure and expected revenue. Two scenarios were tabled. One in which South Africa takes a passive stance and allow things to deteriorate further and an...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Feb 24, 2020 | Latest News
Commentary: The Survivors The above image tracks the bullet holes on Allied planes that encountered Nazi anti-aircraft fire in World War II. When the Allied military brass saw this picture, they took the decision to reinforce all those areas most often hit by...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Jan 13, 2020 | Latest News
A fat finger-error is a term used to describe a keyboard input error on the stock market, typically resulting in a buy or sell order being placed at a far greater size or price than intended. Last week we witnessed a particularly fat finger-error that had a remarkable...
by Fintax Consulting Group | Dec 13, 2019 | Latest News
A celebrity make-up artist recently made the following comment when interviewed by the New Yorker Magazine: ‘’It’s Instagram Face, duh. It’s like an unrealistic sculpture. Volume on volume. A face that looks like it’s made out of clay.” Instagram filters are...