[TOP STORY] Talking tech and opportunity: keeping a cool head

Manpreet Gill, CIO for Africa, Middle East and Europe at Standard Chartered Wealth Solutions explains the advantage now of holding hedges and the part gold can play.

Nick Kunze from Sanlam Private Wealth asks whether markets are adjusting to the war amid failing peace talks. Keith McLachlan of Element Investment Managers weighs up stock-based compensation – the good, the bad and the very ugly. Manpreet Gill from Standard Chartered unpacks the inflation data, with no real surprises,…

Janina Slawski from Alexforbes weighs in on local equity returns and rand strength – a good story for local asset managers and investors over the past year, barring the recent Middle East fallout.

US growth disappoints while inflation refuses to play along – Matete Thulare breaks down weak GDP and sticky PCE data still sitting well above target. Janina Slawski unpacks the December 2025 Manager Watch™️ Survey, with multi-managers steadily gaining ground in a shifting investment landscape. And Simon weighs in on the…

CEO Charles Savage looks back over ‘operational leverage’, client growth and market resilience. ‘Each R1 spent now delivers R11 in revenue’.