Despite geopolitical tensions and AI-driven market enthusiasm, investors should remain focused on diversification and long-term fundamentals. Old Mutual Wealth explores how hidden financial risks, rather than headline events, may pose the greatest threat to portfolios in an increasingly uncertain global economy.

Ashburton Investments has partnered with the Alexandra Education Committee Foundation to help talented learners from under-resourced communities access quality education, demonstrating how targeted investment in education can unlock opportunity, develop future skills and promote long-term economic inclusion.

The Sanlam-SANParks SMME Fund has surpassed R50 million in interest-free funding, empowering rural entrepreneurs to fulfil contracts, create jobs and participate in conservation-linked value chains while driving inclusive economic growth in communities surrounding South Africa’s national parks.

The South African Reserve Bank’s proposal to replace the prime lending rate with the repo rate marks a significant shift towards greater transparency in credit pricing, helping borrowers better understand loan costs while modernising the country’s lending framework.

Business Partners’ latest SME Confidence Index shows confidence among South African SMEs has weakened as rising fuel costs and global uncertainty drive businesses to prioritise resilience, cost management and operational efficiency over growth.

Following a research trip to China, PSG Asset Management argues that investors may be overlooking compelling opportunities as intense domestic competition, technological innovation and global expansion create a new generation of internationally competitive Chinese companies.