Batswana and the finance industry - Part 2

The financial sector manages the savings of the nation in the form of households, corporates and government. To this effect, major decision makers are those who manage the banks, pension funds, provident funds, insurance money and retirement annuities.

Digging deeper, the investment management industry typically has two types of investors or asset owners: institutional and retail investors. As indicated in the last column, Non Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority has it that the total assets under management of retirement funds are in the region of P113 billion as at December 2018. That is a little over a tenth of a trillion, and that is significant.

The financial services industry is an essential element in the development of economies worldwide. As an intermediary between asset owners and those with ventures into which to invest, the sector has become an indispensable agent in the allocation of capital.

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Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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