Countdown to ZARONIA | Steps to take now to preserve economic value

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In the fourth episode of our Corporate Conversations series, Eulali Gouws, Head of Money Market at STANLIB Asset Management, talks briefly about how bond and money market participants should be adjusting benchmark rates from JIBAR to ZARONIA, for both legacy and future contracts. She also explains the steps that regulators are taking to facilitate the transition.

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3 Oct 2025 English South Africa Investing · Business News

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