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Back home with an Asian partnership in his pocket, Purple CEO Charles Savage tells us about the next big leap in the Easy Equities adventure

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Purple Group's share price jumped 10% on Friday, swimming strongly against the sliding market. Reason was a rather cryptic SENS announcement about a major partnership secured in Asia. Although details were deliberately sparse to ensure the partner's Big Bang launch won't be compromised, Purple CEO Charles Savage visited our virtual studio to share the context - and ventured that once the market became fully appraised of the significance of the deal, it's not only existing Purple fans who will be impressed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
22 Aug 2022 7AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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