When evaluating investments, it is often difficult to consider which of the vast number of possible solutions is the best one to suit your needs.
As usual, the answer lies in the detail. We have done an analysis which compares unit trusts and segregated portfolios. We have listed key differences between the two in order to provide key details which will facilitate the determination of which approach best suits your situation.

When volatility rears its head in the market and investors become nervous, one cannot help but wonder if it might be better to exit the market and wait for things to settle down before participating again.
This month, we investigated whether there is any benefit to selling out and sitting on the side-lines when markets take a turn for the worse.

At Pyxis Investment Management we continuously scrutinise our strategies and work at incorporating new information into our investment views, where the situation has changed or new information has become available. Although we are not active traders, but rather long-term investment managers, we are active thinkers and attempt to pre-empt scenarios – no matter how far fetched they may appear.

By introducing alternative investments to a portfolio, one can generate almost the same level of expected return as a portfolio that does not have alternative investments exposure, but with significantly reduced expected risk (or volatility of returns). In this article, Henk Myburgh, CFA, explores the role of alternative investments in a portfolio.