Is it time to invest offshore?

International institutions like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund predict South Africa’s GDP growth for 2016 to be less than 1%. At the same time, the rand has weakened markedly against the major currencies. Are these compelling reasons for investors to take their money offshore? Andrew Morton, head of product enablement at FNB Financial Advisory and Mark Lindheim, chief investment officer at Investment Solutions, and Urvesh Desai, global equity manager of Old Mutual Investment Group’s Macro Solutions Division, discuss offshore options. finweek: Money Matters is a weekly programme aired every Friday at 13:00 CAT on CNBC Africa (DStv channel 410). The programme focuses on trends and investment analysis, also featuring debates on topical economic issues.