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EasyEquities’s Charles Savage on that R25 fee; Purple’s share price; BHI; and Philippines

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Easy Equities has been grabbing lots of social media attention over the past week after a R25 fee elicited unhappiness from some of its one million active clients. Freshly returning from his fourth visit to the Philippines this year, CEO Charles Savage explains why he’s delighted at the response and shares his thoughts about a share price that last month bottomed at a mere one-sixth of its recent peak. He spoke to Alec Hogg of BizNews.
6 Nov 2023 6AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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