[TOP STORY] The complex forces driving 2026’s financial markets

Risi Mkhabela, Corporate Relations Director, UCT Investment Society, explains the group’s diverse structures, including the competitive Trading Club, which uses simulated cash for learning.

Kieran Witthuhn of Anchor Capital unpacks last night’s Nvidia results. Risi Mkhabela from the UCT Investment Society discusses its growth and how it operates, while Jono Bowling of Standard Bank CIB explains its latest MSCI World structured product offering 100% capital protection.

STANLIB’s Rademeyer Vermaak believes an investor’s key insight in trying times should be ‘to focus not so much on what is changing, but on what stays the same'.

Chantal Marx from FNB Wealth & Investments unpacks Famous Brands’s results, with decent growth, refinanced debt and a share buyback in focus. Rademeyer Vermaak from STANLIB Asset Management explains how its systematic process is navigating volatile markets. Plus, Tracey-Lee Zürcher-Campbell from Payflex on the BNPL myths South Africa has disproven.

CEO Ben Pierre Malherbe discusses the company’s strategic shift: Selling non-core assets, developing bulk infrastructure, and expanding core projects through 2027.