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Special Edition: Magnus Heystek on why Prescribed Assets threatens your finances

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Are your assets safe? Can you really trust those you have entrusted with your money, savings, and assets? What is prescribed assets? Why must we stop prescribed assets as a policy?

In a live IRR briefing, Hermann Pretorius speaks to investment guru Magnus Heystek about prescribed assets - one of the most dangerous threats to the finances of ordinary South Africans.
9 Sep 2020 5AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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