Elize Botha News Today

We have a SECOND holiday swindler here in South Africa - and Lize Botha is now facing the public's wrath for her 'copycat crimes'...

Summer bodies (and budgets) are made in winter. Image Credit: AdobeStock When the sunlight begins to fade and that first, crisp chill hits the air, the cravings for comfort food suddenly appear. For many of us, this means hearty stews and roasts, decadent pasta sauces, buttery curries or gorgeously gooey desserts. Yum!  But beware: seasonal overindulgence is not only limited to food but can also relate to personal finances. We’ve all heard of comfort eating and, similar to this, there’s co...

Old Mutual launches ESG rating system for unit trust funds WORDS ON WEALTH: ESG Investing – focusing on environmental, social and governance criteria – is gaining momentum worldwide, with huge implications for how companies, and even governments, operate. As I have mentioned before in writing on ESG, the movement is especially strong among younger investors, who tend to blame their parents’ generation for global warming, environmental destruction and the alarming rise of inequali...

MONEYWEB app instead? Old Mutual to rate all its unit trusts in terms of ESG scoring ‘In 2020 we saw ESG index funds grow by 221% to $189 billion [in assets]’ – Elize Botha, MD of Old Mutual Unit Trusts. 09:07  Open: SIMON BROWN: I’m chatting now to Elize Botha. She is managing director of Old Mutual Unit Trusts. Elize, good morning. I appreciate your time. …we’ve chatted before around the ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) unit trusts that Old Mutual has l...