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Rational Radio
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Rational Radio is the weekly business news show hosted by BizNews editor Alec Hogg. It runs for around an hour and features leading commentators from the investment and financial world, including regular guest David Shapiro.
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BizNews Finance Friday webinar: Making the most of your money in 2021
Jan 29, 202100:58:39Tap to summarizeWe kicked off discussions at this week’s BizNews Finance Friday webinar with a look at whether Bitcoin, blockchain and SA’s underperforming funds have a place in your portfolio of assets. Answering your money questions were: independent financial advisors Dawn Ridler of Kerenga Wealth Ecology, Johannesburg, and Jonathan Botha of Netto Invest, Cape Town.
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BizNews Finance Friday: Making the most of your money in 2021 - expert insights
Jan 22, 202100:53:13Tap to summarizeOur popular, highly interactive Finance Friday webinar is back. This week, we were joined by global index-tracking expert Lisa Segall of GinsGlobal Index Funds, and award-winning, independent investment expert Magnus Heystek of Brenthurst Wealth Management. It was a vibrant conversation on how to make the most of your hard-earned savings - at home and offshore.
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BizNews Finance Friday webinar: Your money after the year of Covid-19
Dec 4, 202001:03:58Tap to summarizeIndependent advisors Dawn Ridler of Kerenga Wealth Ecology and Candice Paine of PR Financial Services joined us at this week's BizNews Finance Friday. We took a look back at the big money questions this year and how to plan for 2021.
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Rational Radio: A must-listen Naspers discussion with CFO Basil Sgourdos
Nov 30, 202001:07:40Tap to summarizeThe Noontime webinar is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro from Sasfin, as the regular guest. This week our CFO in focus was Basil Sgourdos of Naspers. The money manager supporting David and Alec with the questions was Adrian Saville.
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BizNews Finance Friday webinar: Investment insights - at home and offshore
Nov 27, 202000:47:19Tap to summarizeDawn Ridler of Kerenga Wealth Ecology and Wynand Gouws, wealth manager at Gradidge Mahura Investments, answered your questions about global assets as well as your domestic savings, with a special focus on how to pay less tax when you retire.
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Rational Radio: The Great Covid Debate
Nov 23, 202001:07:01Tap to summarizeA special episode of the noontime webinar featuring a debate on Covid-19 between PANDA co-founder, actuary Nick Hudson; and SA and UK academic and HIV/AIDS activist Prof Alan Whiteside. In a recent interview - Whiteside referred to the drafters of the Great Barrington Declaration as misguided idiots... Hudson, whose organisation's advisory board includes the creators of that globally publicised declaration and who believes lockdowns are a crime against humanity, has challenged the more conventionally-minded Whiteside to a debate on the whole Covid-19 matter. BizNews founder Alec Hogg moderated the webinar.
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BizNews Finance Friday Webinar - Offshore investing from your SA armchair
Nov 20, 202000:55:13Tap to summarizeThe dramatic changes opening up the world for your retirement funds are in focus in Jackie Cameron’s Finance Friday this week. Jackie discusses this with expert guests including Magnus Heystek of Brenthurst Wealth Management, and Gareth Leonard of Netto Invest.
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Rational Radio: Paul O'Sullivan on Ace; political Covid; the Anchor journey
Nov 16, 202001:03:56Tap to summarizeThe Noontime webinar is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg. This week we had a smorgasbord of topics, from Anchor Capital founder Peter Armitage on his delisting decision (and his view on investment markets, of course) through to the MultiChoice results, Ace Magashule's arrest and the latest on Covid-19.
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BizNews Finance Friday webinar: Innovative insurance, your money and your behaviour
Nov 13, 202001:00:52Tap to summarizeEvery Friday BizNews editor Jackie Cameron sits down with finance specialists to help smooth your investment journey. This week's attendees were in for a treat, guests included: - Schalk Malan, the qualified actuary who is the main architect behind BrightRock’s unique human-centric life insurance. He’ll be sharing some interesting developments on innovative financial services offerings with us; - Joburg-based financial advisor Dawn Ridler, who is popular among BizNews community members for her fiercely independent approach and incisive views on investing and personal finance; and, - Rob Macdonald, who specialises in training financial advisors, and will share insights on the influence of behaviour on investment outcomes and why he thinks life planning is so important to financial planning.
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Rational Radio: In conversation with Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie
Nov 9, 202001:03:59Tap to summarizeThe Noontime webinar is the only weekly webinar hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg, with SA's favourite market commentator David Shapiro from Sasfin, as the regular guest. This week our CEO in focus was Gerrie Fourie of Capitec. The expert money manager supporting David and Alec with the questions was SA's top financial services fund manager, Kokkie Kooyman of Denker Capital.
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