[TOP STORY] Why is SA’s junk-status credit rating so resilient?

Samukelo Zwane from FNB Wealth and Investment explains that the CapitalPreserver 100 has a 100% capital guarantee, and the FNB CapitalPreserver AutoCall 3 guarantees your capital if the index falls by between 1% and 30%.

Shaun Dendere from Trive South Africa on Raubex and Southern Sun trading updates. Manuel Franck of Lamna Financial on the growing trend of luxury asset-backed lending and their Pawnbroking Index. Samukelo Zwane from FNB Wealth and Investments introduces two new structured products offering 2x upside and 100% capital protection.

Old Mutual Group chief economist Johann Els gives a reasoned prognostication of US and SA interest-rate cuts for the remainder of 2024.

Independent analyst Carmen Mpelwane on OUTsurance's results, special dividend, and strong earnings. Johann Els from Old Mutual Group on central banks beginning the rate-cutting cycle. Eugene Botha from Momentum Investments on concerns over a shrinking JSE.

‘We talk about job growth, but of course [US] unemployment is at 4.3%, with some fairly significant revisions downwards’ – JD Hayward from Flagship Asset Management.