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Finweek is South Africa’s leading financial weekly magazine focusing on investment. With its brisk, creative and authoritative analysis of business and investment issues, it’s an essential business tool in the daily battle for competitive advantage. Today's business decision-makers have to cope with increased pressure on their time and are expected, more than ever before, to succeed in the face of stiffer competition. Finweek provides relevant information in quick bytes, along with award-winning investment advice.

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The battle between active and passive • Some considerations in the decade-old debate remain important.

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Finweek - English

Interviewing with bots • Artificial intelligence can make the management of employee lifecycles easier and improve employee experience.

Exxaro’s new strategy • The coal producer has announced that the group would target acquisitions in bauxite, manganese and copper.

Will taxing chrome ore backfire? • David Kovarsky, spokesman for ChromeSA, answers questions on government’s proposed chrome ore tax.

Patience to develop assets • This fund aims to maximise growth by investing in a select group of small to medium-sized JSE-listed companies.

More potential in packaging

Unbundling unlocks value

Showing signs of an exhausted run

Combing through the financial results • The balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements of companies are key documents to gain insight into their health and future.

Money from streaming • The video streaming sector can be an interesting avenue for investors to explore.

finweek COLLECTIVE INSIGHT • INSIGHT INTO SA INVESTING FROM LEADING PROFESSIONALS

A new lease on debt • In this issue of Collective Insight, we look at debt and savings from different perspectives.

Mind your language • How is your language affecting your finances?

The psychology of a ruptured table • There are several psychological effects that impact our money choices, but fintech can help us to overcome these quirks.

You are what you drive • Patience is the key to financial independence.

Behind South Africans’ ability to save • Poverty should be considered when discussing South Africa’s saving culture.

Delay, save, buy, repeat • Take a journey to see how delaying big purchases can impact a person’s financial wellbeing.

The good, bad and ugly • Distinguishing between types (or quality) of debt is essential to stay out of financial trouble.

Your credit score matters • Managing credit and saving more is essential to financial wellbeing.

It’s not about you! • Why we need a broader lens to address the issue of debt in individuals.

Calculating the risk-free premium • Compared with current money market rates, the expected performance of shares over the next year looks attractive.

Simon’s stock tips • Founder and director of investment website JustOneLap.com, Simon Brown, is finweek’s resident expert on the stock markets. In this column he provides insight into recent market developments.

SA’S TOP EQUITY FUNDS • Generating alpha amidst a market-wrenching pandemic has been a challenge and a half for many fund managers.

Estate headaches • It’s not always easy to wind up an estate. Sometimes problems and disputes arise, and according to experts, most of them can be prevented.

Piker On margin

Money Marketing • First for the professional personal financial adviser