Cape Town - Due to what is being termed as "non-directional market volatility" it has become important for investments to be managed in such a way that one is prepared for various - often opposing - outcomes, according to Nerina Visser, board member of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) – South Africa Society.
The SA Society of the CFA Institute, in conjunction with the Gordon Institute of Business Science, recently hosted a Global Investment Conference in Johannesburg. Delegates from South Africa, other African countries and abroad attended to look at the future of finance.
"The key message for me at the conference was that there is a lot more talk of non-directional volatility. We saw massive volatility in the markets, but after a number of weeks or months, one sees it actually went nowhere. The question is then what this means for the way we invest and manage portfolios," Visser told Fin24.