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.
Lockdown South Africa: one year on
To mark a year since South Africa went into lockdown, Professor Glenda Gray, a leader in the fight against Covid-19, reflects on wins, losses, lessons learnt and the vaccination challenge.
Covid-19 vaccine gives us hope, but is not a silver bullet
To debunk myths and manage expectations around the vaccine, Investec Life invited Professor Francois Venter, one of South Africa’s foremost experts on the virus to join a webcast with Sinenhlanhla Nzama, Head Product Actuary at Investec Life.
Episode 7: The Women Behind the Mask in leadership- part 2
In this ‘Women in Leadership’ webcast, launched on International Women's Day, we hear from some exceptional women leaders who draw on their experiences over their distinguished careers – and particularly during the pandemic – to give their insights on how to forge growing organisations in times of severe stress.
What to know when investing assets offshore or moving offshore | Mauritius
Locating to Mauritius has become a popular move for South Africans. Apart from the climate and lifestyle, there are other advantages to living there or holding assets on the island state. Nozipho Tshabalala chats to Rene van Zyl and Gordon Stuart, Managing Director of the Accuro office in Mauritius.
What to know when investing assets offshore or moving offshore | Australia
Australia is another popular destination for South Africans looking to move abroad, with a sizeable and thriving community of South Africans now living there. Many are drawn by the similar climate, culture and lifestyle to South Africa, but there are some important differences, which need to be taken into account.
What to know when investing assets offshore or moving offshore | United Kingdom
South Africa and the UK have long had close ties, with many South Africans being of UK descent or with family ties there. It also remains a popular destination for South Africans to emigrate to or to manage their assets through.
What to know when investing assets offshore or moving offshore | United States
Stanley Barg, from Kozusko Harris Duncan in New York, joins Rene van Zyl and moderator Nozipho Tshabalala as they delve into the most important aspects to consider when investing in or moving to the US.
Howard Marks: the false dichotomy between value and growth investing
Is value vs growth a false dichotomy? That’s a question Max Richardson, senior investment director, Investec Wealth & Investment UK, put to Oaktree Capital’s Howard Marks, following the latter’s most recent memo, called “Something of Value”, which has generated a flurry of interest within the investment community.
What does the Year of the Ox hold in store for South Africa?
Following one of most economically destructive years on record, 2021, a year the Chinese have dubbed “the Year of the Ox” promises reward for those who are willing to work hard to turn around their fortunes… but will the economy play ball? In this Investec Focus Radio podcast, we talk…
The Other Side episode 4: Making the platinum group metals sector part of a sustainable future
In the fourth edition of The Other Side webcast series, Nkateko Mathonsi, senior mining analyst at Investec Bank, chats to two of the leading women in the PGM sector, Natascha Viljoen, CEO of Anglo American Platinum and Meroonisha Kerber, CFO of Impala Platinum, about what the future holds for the…
Building your resilience during a pandemic
In the latest In conversation webcast, Lesley-Anne Gatter (Head of People & Organisation, Investec Ltd) and Craig Wing (Partner, FutureWorld International) discussed building and harnessing the power of resilience for yourself, your children and your family.
The Covid algorithm: can Big Data beat the pandemic?
Tim Spector, professor of genetic Epidemiology at King's College London and the brains behind the Zoe Covid-19 Symptom Study, talks to Max Richardson, a senior investment director at Investec, about how data can help us defeat Coronavirus.
How we recruit: Investec's adapting process
Investec's recruitment process has evolved. Head of Careers, Nicola Tager, gives her take on trends that'll shape the world of work and hiring in the future.
Staying cyber secure requires a healthy dose of scepticism
Misha Glenny, one of the UK’s leading organised crime and cybersecurity experts joins “ethical hacker” Dominic White and Investec's global head of digital and technology for a discussion on how the pandemic has increased the number of cyber breaches and what you can do about it.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.