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Whether you are an individual investor or a small- medium- or larger-business entrepreneur, our investment management professionals will create financial portfolios specifically tailored to all of your or your company’s needs. Because Efficient Wealth does not box and package portfolio profiles, it enables us to be flexible and receptive to market trends, while offering greater expertise, more personalised portfolios, and more resources than any of our competitors.

Markets in the United States (US) were shocked when Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair, Jerome Powell, gave his annual address at the Central Bank Summit in Jackson Hole. In the past, this event has been used to make important announcements about central bank policy. In the early 2000s, US central bankers used the event to announce that they would start cutting interest rates to support economic activity, which finally led to the 2008/2009 global financial crisis.

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) recently said that it will soon publish the regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies in South Africa. Many in the industry, especially those who support the technology, have been anxiously awaiting this legislation for quite some time. Previously, the FSCA was vocal about declaring cryptocurrencies as financial products and this past week the Prudential Authority Division at the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) shared a similar sentiment.