From the CEO

From the CEO

It’s been a tough year for SA. At the beginning of 2017 we seemed to have turned a corner. The country had avoided a credit downgrade, the rand was strengthening, commodity prices were Read more Read more
FROM THE CEO

FROM THE CEO

The global exchange environment is on an exciting trajectory as securities exchanges and other players in the financial services industry are adjusting the way in which they operate in response Read more Read more
FROM THE CEO

FROM THE CEO

South Africans have been dealt a debilitating blow with the recent downgrades of the country’s long-term foreign currency sovereign credit ratings to sub-investment grade. This is a blow that was ill-affordable in Read more Read more
From the CEO

From the CEO

The pace of change in which all of us operate is accelerating. The IMF expects the global economy to expand by 3.4% year-on-year in 2017 and that emerging and developing Read more Read more
FROM THE CEO

FROM THE CEO

The end of an era dawned when SABMiller delisted from the JSE after 119 years as one of the most visible and liquid stocks on the JSE. SABMiller was an Read more Read more
FROM THE CEO

FROM THE CEO

Retaining SA’s investment grade status in June was not an end in itself. Earning the reprieve, which required the combined and unprecedented efforts of government, business and labour, came at Read more Read more
FROM THE CEO

FROM THE CEO

Since my last column, our country has been under immense scrutiny. We face the very real risk of credit-rating downgrades to sub-investment grade, notwithstanding the fierce defence of SA’s fundamentals Read more Read more
FROM THE CEO

FROM THE CEO

Our operating environment is more challenging and uncertain than it has been for some time. ‘May you live in interesting times’ is a distinctly sardonic wish, intended as a curse rather than to Read more Read more