Insights
20 Oct 2011
Foord Turns 30
This month Foord celebrates a major milestone – our thirty year anniversary. The company was founded in October 1981 by a 28-year-old Dave Foord together with Liston Meintjes. Both known for calling a spade a…
08 Sep 2011
Algorithmic Trading Is Anti-Investing
No doubt, recent turbulence in global markets has many investors asking why and how such volatility can arise. Answers to these questions are often replete with trite references to sentiment and behaviour. …
06 Jun 2011
Wealth Preservation - Beating The Evils Of Inflation
Currently, the consensus in the market is that inflation has troughed. Expectations are that higher commodity prices and surges in certain administered costs and taxes will cause the domestic inflation rate to rise…
01 Jun 2011
Skills Shortage In SA In Financial Sector Being Addressed At Grass Roots
The continuing skills shortages experienced in SA, particularly in the financial and wealth management sectors, has seen many organisations battling to recruit suitable employees with the right qualifications and…
01 May 2011
Foord Asset Management: New Board Appointments
Foord Asset Management has appointed Mike Soekoe and William Fraser to the board of directors of the company’s unit trust subsidiary, Foord Unit Trusts.
27 Jan 2011
Top General Equity Unit Trust In 2020 - Credit Given To Multi-Counsellor Approach
Morningstar reports that the Foord Equity Fund was ranked as the top General Equity unit trust in 2010. The fund was also the top fund of the 99 funds listed in the General Equity, Growth and Value sectors.