GTC’s need for speed wins best in class and brand recognition
May 2015 GTC, a leading South African financial advisory services business, sponsors a twin turbo charged Nissan 350Z race car. Amongst its achievements, the GTC race car recently won its class, whilst also being faster than a number of other cars in higher categories including some Mitsubishi Evo’s, the Ferrari 458, some Wesbank V8’s and some of the Porsches. Sponsored by GTC, Mark White Nissan, Motul and Stingray Graphix, this was the first competitive race for GTC’s Nissan and the team was delighted to win its class as newcomers to the racetrack. The GTC race car competed in the Simola Hill Climb, “King of the Mountain” event in the highly competitive 6-cylinder forced induction category for two-wheel drive cars. The annual event is held in Knysna and this year’s King of the Mountain race took place from 15 to 17... Read More
EB Market Update – April 2015
Global First quarter company results in the U.S. came in better than expected in spite of dollar strength and this resulted in the benchmark S&P 500 gaining 1%. Further influencing factors were a recovery in crude oil prices together with a pick-up in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity. Read the full article Domestic In spite of growing concern around continuing labour unrest and the ongoing crisis at Eskom in terms of load-shedding, the JSE/ALSI continued to astound by reaching a new all-time high during the month, of 55188.34 points before closing down at 54440.43. The Index gained 4.33% and in total return terms 4.70%. Market volatility declined from 11.0 to 10.43. Read the full article
WM Market Update – April 2015
Global First quarter company results in the U.S. came in better than expected in spite of dollar strength and this resulted in the benchmark S&P 500 gaining 1%. Further influencing factors were a recovery in crude oil prices together with a pick-up in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity. Read the full article Domestic In spite of growing concern around continuing labour unrest and the ongoing crisis at Eskom in terms of load-shedding, the JSE/ALSI continued to astound by reaching a new all-time high during the month, of 55188.34 points before closing down at 54440.43. The Index gained 4.33% and in total return terms 4.70%. Market volatility declined from 11.0 to 10.43. Read the full article
