[TOP STORY] Looking at dollar direction, commodity prices, interest rates and valuations

Janina Slawski from Alexforbes weighs in on local equity returns and rand strength – a good story for local asset managers and investors over the past year, barring the recent Middle East fallout.

US growth disappoints while inflation refuses to play along – Matete Thulare breaks down weak GDP and sticky PCE data still sitting well above target. Janina Slawski unpacks the December 2025 Manager Watch™️ Survey, with multi-managers steadily gaining ground in a shifting investment landscape. And Simon weighs in on the…

CEO Charles Savage looks back over ‘operational leverage’, client growth and market resilience. ‘Each R1 spent now delivers R11 in revenue’.

Oil holding firm – but no rush back to $60? Kea Nonyana from PrimeXBT unpacks the outlook, and whether markets simply grind higher from here. Purple Group CEO Charles Savage on results: operational leverage is kicking in as the business sharpens its client conversion strategy. And Sean Coleman, CEO of…

Momentum Head of Asset Allocation Herman van Papendorp expects ‘earnings growth momentum might be slightly slower than pre-Iran, but it's still going to be there, still going to be significant’.