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Fin24.com | Fund managers shun banks, retailers

Investec's Value Fund has for the first time since 2000 ditched any exposure to big four banking stocks and major retail groups.




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Fin24.com | Multi-manager role ‘remains valid’

They may incur multiple levels of investment costs and performance dilution, but multi-managers still have a part to play, says an expert.




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Fin24.com | ETFs: Unlimited choice

Growth in the number of JSE-listed ETFs must be limited, mustn’t it?




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Fin24.com | Full diversification in ETFs

But adding some active management is probably best.




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SMS Bible verses become daily bread

Pamir Productions radio ministry sends texts to encourage listeners and viewers.




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Bringing bread to Uzbeks

OM works behind the scenes to help Uzbek believers who are providing spiritual bread for their people also provide physical bread for their families.




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Glorifying God through an unexpected gift

An OMer in Kazakhstan tells of a Kazakh friend and believer who, finding herself pregnant again before she is ready, wrestles with cultural norms.




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Sorry seems to be the hardest word

A worker in Kazakhstan notes the impact of the gospel on the Kazakh language.




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God's business

Running a business in Central Asia with godly principles isn't easy, but God brings one couple faithfully through what could have become a critical situation.




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God works when the lights go out

An electricity cut offers an opportunity for a Central Asian believer to share stories from the Bible with her family, who normally wouldn’t listen.




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The second wave

An OMer in Central Asia, working with women trapped in prostitution, explains a disturbing trend in the industry that she had never before considered.




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Seeking work but finding faith

An Uzbek woman travels to Russia in search of work and finds God instead.




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Reading with Bibi

A worker in Central Asia has a unique opportunity to read Scripture and pray with an older neighbour.




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Freed from the marketplace

A sex worker in Kazakhstan finds freedom in Christ.




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God was chasing me

A girl from Central Asia shares her testimony about how she became a believer after seven years of hearing about Jesus.




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Seeking merit from God

An OMer shares with a local Muslim man through the concept of earning merit with God.




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Every tribe and tongue and nation

A dream comes true - the first OM recruit from her country sends the next group of recruits to the OM ship.




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Prepared beforehand

A new worker is able to use his profession to reach out in Central Asia.




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The long arm of the Lord

A moving story of the anti-human trafficking outreach in Central Asia.




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Stories from the Silk Road

Participants serving in the annual Central Asian outreach experience God in new ways when they leave their comfort zones.




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Inspiring creativity and worship

A new recording studio aims to bring Central Asian musicians together for collaboration and worship.




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From death to life

OM workers in Central Asia minister to homeless people. Some people reject their help, but others find new life.




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Discovering Jesus

Through community development projects, workers in Central Asia meet people interested in Jesus.




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Living among the least reached

An OM couple shares their lives, their faith and their professional skills with unreached people in Central Asia.




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Not lesser, loved

OM workers in Central Asia build relationships with women society scorns, showing them they’re not lesser; they’re loved.




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Living as salt and light

Workers in Central Asia walk alongside local believers and share small bits of truth with those they live among.




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Discipleship on a daily basis

God uses OMers to show His love to local believers, who then spread that love to their own communities.




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Diego from Chile: skater for Jesus

OM Chile's skateboard ministry in Santiago is bearing fruit. Skater Diego gave his life to Jesus, after becoming friends with OM'er Yerko Clavero.




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Rebuilding a church

OM Chile training programme participants see people come to faith during a weekend outreach.




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Boys´ stuff and Bible talk

After a successful season of ´Generation X´, the OM Chile team decided to carry on with the activities for teenage boys living in a boys home in Santiago.




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Faith Day

The experiences of the Intensive Training students when they were sent out into Santiago, Chile for a day without resources, relying on the Lord to guide their steps.




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Changed in only nine months

The participants of OM Chile’s nine-month Intensive Training were different people when they left than when they had arrived.




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Raising support with rubber ducks

Supporters of an OM worker raise money for her ministry by hosting a rubber duck race.




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Praying for the children

An OM Chile team member visits two children's homes each week to invest in the kids' lives. She asks people to join her in prayer.




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Hugging grandmas and businessmen

OM Chile's Intensive Training participants spend a morning sharing the gospel in a local plaza in Santiago.




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Loving every child

An OMer shows loves to a young boy at a children's home who finds it easier to connect with animals than with other people.




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Quality time with water slides, dramas and pizzas

OM Chile celebrates Christmas with the boys and girls of two children's homes in Santiago.




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Sharing, encouraging and volcano climbing

OM Chile's Intensive Training participants travel around the south of Chile for two weeks sharing the gospel, encouraging local churches and doing adventure activities.




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Flexibility during an afternoon of film

OM Chile's homeless ministry planned to show a movie on the street for around 100 homeless friends. They had to get creative when problems arose.




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Mixed languages, cultures and experiences

Coordinator Whitney Guthrie is grateful for five months of mixed languages, cultures and experiences during OM Chile’s first missions training for both foreigners and Chileans.




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Wilful girl touched by God's love

Jennifer Lam from Hong Kong experiences the love of God transforming the lives of children during OM Chile's Intensive Mission Training.




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A friend on the streets

A student with OM Chile’s Intensive Mission Training and a man living on the streets of Santiago dream together about what heaven will be like.




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Meetings arranged by God

Worker Mirjam Hoolsema, from the Netherlands, talks about her experience with a woman she saw every day during her daily devotion.




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Everyone must decide

A man renews his decision to follow Christ after chatting with a volunteer during an OM flash mob in a busy area of Santiago.




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Rebuilding after devastating fire

OM Chile responds quickly to help local churches provide relief after a forest fire in Valparaíso kills 15 people and destroys 3,000 homes in April.




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'How do I find hell?'

Every week OM Chile goes out to share about Jesus in creative ways. Recently, armed with maps and backpacks, they asked passers-by for directions.




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Successes and struggles in the children's home

OM Chile’s Children’s Ministry knows the power of God’s Word and the support of encouraging adults can change children’s lives.




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Sharing the Gospel with a cardboard coffin

Street evangelism - that’s how Nicolas ended up carrying a 2 meter high cardboard coffin on a bus across Santiago, Chile.




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I am the prodigal son

OM Chile's Agape ministry has been running an Alpha course in the day centre for homeless people. Bethany Lyttle shares of her experience there.




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Challenged in Africa

OM Chile worker shares her experience of the AIDSLink International training in South Africa.