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.
21
OCT
The new New Deal
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the country's recovery plan ahead of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's mid-term budget. Our panel of experts, Annabel Bishop, Investec Chief Economist; Chris Holdsworth, Investec Wealth & Investment Chief Investment Strategist; and David Gracey, Investec Head of Foreign Exchange and Fixed Income Trading, give an in-depth analysis of the recovery plan and expectations of the mid-term budget. The conversation is facilitated by journalist and anchor Cathy Mohlahlana.
16
OCT
The geopolitical landscape post pandemic
The Covid-19 crisis has only heightened existing tensions between the global economic superpowers. Economist John Kay, British politician Philip Hammond, investor David Rubenstein, Investec's John Haynes and others discuss the US-China relationship, Brexit and other fault lines in geopolitics.
15
OCT
John Kay: How economists got the world wrong
John Kay, former director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and a Financial Times columnist, talks to Investec Chief Economist Philip Shaw about the thinking behind “predictive” economic theories and what we can do to avoid the pitfalls.
08
OCT
Part 3: The changing role of business post pandemic
In this third episode of our series on preparing for a post-pandemic world, we consider whether the crisis will serve as an inflection point in the way businesses perceive their role; as actors in society and inhabitants of a fragile planet.
01
OCT
Episode 6: The Women Behind the Mask – The humanity of technology
In the latest edition of The Women Behind the Mask series, a panel, made up of some of South Africa’s leading young tech entrepreneurs, discusses the Covid-19 pandemic and how it has highlighted ways in which technology can enable business activity when traditional ways of doing things are not possible. However it has also shone a spotlight on the importance of the human interface, not just in making technologies work for businesses, but also for remaining relevant for their customers and the broader community.
23
SEP
Part 2: Preparing for the post-pandemic investment landscape
It’s been described as a crisis for main street, not Wall Street. Investment legends Howard Marks, David M. Rubenstein and James Anderson share their views on whether the pandemic will change the way we invest in the future.
23
SEP
Part 1: Preparing for work life post pandemic
Will working from home become the new normal? Behavioural finance expert Dan Crosby, futurist Clem Sunter, Investec’s Marc Kahn and Stephen Koseff and other experts share their insights into what the workplace will look like post pandemic.
22
SEP
Focus Talk: A climate conversation with Lord Malloch-Brown
Former UN Deputy Secretary General and Investec board member Lord Mark Malloch-Brown and Investec's global head of sustainability Tanya dos Santos share ideas on climate action, opportunities and building back better in a post-pandemic era.
21
SEP
Conservation in a time of crisis
Investec Rhino Lifeline chats to the co-founders of Care for Wild, the largest rhino sanctuary in the world on how the pandemic has impacted their work and how conservation must adapt in order to survive.
16
SEP
The Other Side episode 3: Rising to the telco challenge in times of pandemic
In this episode of The Other Side, we hear from Shameel Joosub, CEO of Vodacom, and Raymond Ndlovu, CEO of CIVH, which owns fibre network firms Dark Fibre and Vumatel. The talk is facilitated by Reagile Moatshe, Head of Supplier Finance at Investec.
16
SEP
Episode 5: The Women Behind the Mask – Leadership through crisis
The essence of female leadership is the topic of our latest edition of Women Behind the Mask. Our panel of impressive leaders was made up of Wendy Appelbaum, owner and chair of De Morgenzon Wine Estate and member of several boards, Bongi Kunene, CEO of the Banking Association of South Africa and member of the South African presidential team in response to the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 and Marle van der Walt, Chief Financial Officer and member of the executive team of Investec Bank South Africa. The conversation is facilitated by Shenaaz Nair, Head of People Consulting at Investec Banking SA.
09
SEP
Episode 4: The Women Behind the Mask in the public sector
DTIC’s Lerato Mataboge, Eskom’s Lerato Mashinini and The National Treasury’s Tshepiso Moahloli speak to Investec’s Makoena Mabusela about tackling gender issues and uplifting women in the public sector space.
