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Equity Markets & JSE Earnings

Index Levels: The FTSE/JSE All-Share Index (SAALL) closed near 114,061 points, up roughly 3.4% over the past month and up nearly 11.9%…

Fixed Income & Sovereign Debt

Yields Holding Firm: South Africa’s benchmark 2035 government bond yield settled near 8.435%. Rating Outlook Upgrades: Stronger mining tax revenues and a third…

Rand Stability & Currency Drivers

The South African Rand (ZAR) has consolidated near five-month highs, trading in a tight R16.05/$ to R16.25/$ range.

Henderson Capital Strategic Positioning

1. Sovereign Fixed-Income Opportunity: Tightening yield spreads and falling default swap rates reaffirm high global appetite for South African fixed income.…

Regulatory Horizon: Cross-Border Crypto Asset Regulations

Following the tax updates released earlier this year, National Treasury and the SARB published a new joint draft framework:

SARB Strategy & The 3% Inflation Target Test

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) continues to face heavy market scrutiny following its split vote to hold the repo…

Fiscal Strength & Bond Market Re-Rating

A primary theme in local capital markets is the divergence between credit rating agencies and real-time secondary market pricing:

Henderson Capital Strategic Insights

The SARB’s decision to maintain rates amidst elevated near-term inflation highlights a critical environment for private and institutional portfolios: 1.…

Benchmark Reforms: ZARONIA & JIBAR Transition

The South African financial ecosystem is rapidly advancing toward modernizing its interest rate benchmark standards:

Macro & SARB Decision: The Surprise Rate Hold

The dominant storyline across local financial markets is the aftermath of the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee…