Flash Briefing: Covid slashes SA retirement fund savings; Dimension Data exodus; Omnia; rare diamond on sale for crypto

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*A yearly analysis of the SA retirement fund industry, shows that retirement fund members suspended their contributions for an average of four-and-a-half months in 2020 because of Covid-related lockdowns.
* There is an exodus of senior staff at IT services company Dimension Data, with senior executives leaving the company at the end of the month including co-founder Jeremy Ord.
* JSE-listed Omnia will return R1bn to shareholders.
*Sotheby's, one of the biggest luxury auction houses in the world, has said it will accept bitcoin and ether in payment for a rare 101-carat diamond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22 Jun 2021 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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