In this episode of  The More You Know, Chetan Ramlall explores how exponential data growth is transforming investment strategy.

With global data volumes nearing 200 zettabytes, the challenge is no longer access, but interpretation. Learn how systematic investing blends fundamentals, sentiment, and macro context to build smarter portfolios.

The future isn’t man  versus  machine. It’s man  and  machine.

In episode six of our “The More You Know” vodcast series, Peter van der Ross, Deputy Head of STANLIB Multi-Asset, talks to Jeremy Maggs about the concerns about global bonds and why SA bonds are attracting interest, including from global investors. He also pinpoints which market areas are most appealing to the team now.

SA’s economy feels sluggish, yet the JSE has been notching up record highs. Many investors are baffled by the fact that share prices are climbing while growth remains weak.

In the latest episode of The More You Know, the podcast from STANLIB Asset Management, two of the firm’s senior multi-asset specialists, Warren Buhai and Peter van der Ross, explained why markets and economies so often disconnect, and what investors should do to respond.

In the fifth episode of our The More You Know vodcast series, Sylvester Kobo, Deputy Head of Fixed Income at STANLIB Asset Management, explores how the Fixed Income team is actively managing duration in its bond holdings to respond to new information and filtering out information that is not relevant. He warns investors to “get comfortable with discomfort” for the foreseeable future and avoid focusing on short term ups and downs.

The South African Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, presented the third iteration of his fourth National Budget on Wednesday, 21 May 2025. This followed the withdrawal of the second attempt amid ongoing disagreement within the Government of National Unity (GNU) cabinet on the amended proposed increase of the VAT rate by one percentage point over two years.