Investec Focus Radio SA
Investec Focus Radio South Africa features conversations between leading minds from within Investec and other experts on economic, investment and business topics in addition to issues that go beyond wealth.
Coronavirus: The end of the beginning
Markets have reacted well to the “unimaginable” amounts of liquidity being pumped into the financial system, and even though the news is becoming incrementally worse, green shoots are appearing as investors start to look for opportunities.
QE comes to SA as Reserve Bank steps in to provide liquidity to the market
The SA Reserve Bank (SARB) on Wednesday adopted new measures to support liquidity in the local market. We look at the implications of the SARB's undertaking to make unlimited purchases of SA government bonds across the yield curve.
The impact of Covid-19 on global supply chains
In this special edition podcast, Investec Chief Economist, Phil Shaw, is joined by supply chain and logistics expert, Professor Richard Walding OBE to discuss how the coronavirus outbreak has impacted global supply chains and what to look out for in the future.
Covid-19: The case for optimism
In the second episode of "Markets and investing in the time of Covid-19", Investec brings together experts to focus on the psychological and neurological aspects of adapting to the this new world we are living in.
Covid-19: Call for calm amidst the storm
In the midst of plummeting markets and public hysteria, it’s important to remember that investing is a long-term game and panic selling can do more harm than good to your portfolio.
Oil price slump amplifies Covid-19 effect on market volatility
The intensity of turbulence in the global financial markets deepened on Monday as the collapse in the oil price amplified the uncertainty created by the corona virus. An oil price war was precipitated by the implosion of an OPEC+ meeting which saw Russia disagreeing with Saudi Arabia to reduce oil…
Unpacking the 2020 Budget Speech
Investec Bank Limited CEO Richard Wainwright and Investec Chief Economist Annabel Bishop in conversation with Daily Maverick Business Editor Tim Cohen, to unpack Budget2020 pronouncements including on the public sector wage bill, SOEs and a state bank.
The State of our National Savings
Our panel comprising of Dr. Adrian Saville, Dhiren Mansingh and Professor Mcebisi Ndletyana discuss the lasts Investec GIBS Savings Index print number as well as the current state of our nations savings.
Financing sustainable development
An additional $1.5 trillion is required per annum to finance the inclusive, low-carbon and climate-resilient future envisioned by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Investec’s Fani Titi and the JSE’s Dr Leila Fourie are two of 30 global CEOs tasked by the UN to find this funding.
Combating illegal wildlife trade: Banks take up the challenge
which up until now has been largely ignored as a financial crime. Valued at around $23-billion US, illegal wildlife trade is the fourth most profitable criminal trafficking enterprise worldwide.
Outlook 2020
Investec Wealth & Investment's Ronelle Hutchinson, Chris Holdsworth and Marc Romberg are joined by political analyst Ralph Mathekga to share their insights on the global and local economy in 2020.
Davos: What lies behind global growth?
Investec Bank CEO Richard Wainwright talks to Business Maverick's Tim Cohen about whether the global economic growth we’re seeing is a consequence of low interest rates rather than increased productivity.
Davos: Entering the era of stakeholder capitalism
The days of corporations putting shareholders above all else are numbered. Speaking from Davos, Investec Bank CEO Richard Wainwright joins Daily Maverick Editor Tim Cohen for a discussion on stakeholder capitalism and other key themes of World Economic Forum’s 50th annual meeting.
Preparing society for an AI-infused future
Benjamin Rosman, a Professor in robotics and machine learning at Wits, decodes Artificial Intelligence and the impact it will have on society.
Business Out of the Ordinary
Sir Richard Branson, Investec's Fani Titi, Takealot's Kim Reid and Emma Wade-Smith OBE discuss future challenges and opportunities for business at Virgin Atlantic's Business is an Adventure.
How business can help save South Africa
Sir Richard Branson and Stephen Koseff discuss South Africa's current challenges, the need to reimagine education and how business can help government with issues like climate change.
How diversity builds business advantage
Talking on a panel at the recent Virgin Atlantic Business is an Adventure event, Faith Popcorn, Thando Hopa, Marc Kahn and Tashmia Ismail-Saville discussed how diversity and inclusion has a direct impact on the bottom line.
Sir Richard Branson on the power of purpose
Headlining the recent Business is an Adventure event, Sir Richard Branson spoke to South African entrepreneur Marnus Broodryk and Investec Co-Founder Stephen Koseff about the role business needs to play in society and shared ideas on solving South Africa's youth unemployment crisis.
Yavi Madurai: How breast cancer changed me
Digital transformation strategist Yavi Madurai was diganosed with breast cancer at 28. Here's her inspirational story about beating all the odds and how the disease transformed her for the better.
Part 3: Overcoming the financial toxicity of cancer treatment
With new-generation immunotherapy drugs costing up to R1 million per patient in South Africa, the eye-watering cost of cancer treatment is blocking access to life-saving drugs.