for those who may be looking for a 3 to 5yr, low risk:
i was in at investec to pick up a replacement card the other day - got chatting to my banker.
i have a bit of a mixed bag of investments, some with investec, others with allan gray - some "low risk", others more volatile.
in any event i asked him about a friend's mother - in her 60s now.
looking for low risk, but decent performance.
i stand corrected - going from best of my memory - one of their "retirement" type funds has been performing rather well.
min investment = R3m
min term = 3yrs
it has been returning 14% p/a
it is a mix of
1) govt bonds (i have no idea how those things work)
2) anglogold ashanti
3) naspers
4) std bank
5) new gold issuer
6) firstrand