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South Africa’s fixed income market is drawing increased attention as real yields reach multi-year highs, offering rare opportunities in a volatile environment. 

Cartesian Capital on real yield opportunities in SA’s volatile market outlook

As the World Trade Organization marks its 30th anniversary, the mood is far from celebratory. Mounting tensions over tariffs are shaking global markets and threatening to undermine the very multilateral system that underpins global commerce. 

African trade landscape amid Trump’s second term

The South African Reserve Bank and the Bank for International Settlements launched the 2025 G20 TechSprint − a joint initiative between the G20 Presidency and the BIS Innovation Hub. 

Bank for International Settlements, SARB launch 6th edition of the G20

The results of the Altron FinTech Household Resilience Index for the fourth quarter of show a modest improvement in the financial position of South African households.

Altron Fintech: Modest improvement in financial position of SA households

During April, heightened policy uncertainty and growing concerns regarding the economic outlook contributed to wider credit spreads across multiple sectors. 

Global fixed income markets review 

South Africa’s Reserve Bank has urged inter dealer brokers to prioritise quoting linear derivatives using the South African Rand Overnight Index Average or ZARONIA, over the well known Johannesburg Interbank Average Rate or JIBAR. 

South African Rand Overnight Index Average launched 

City of Cape Town has received a ratings upgrade from Moody’s with a stable outlook. 

Moody’s upgrades Cape Town’s credit rating

South Africa's Swazi Tshabalala says the African Development Bank requires what she called bold reforms to enable it to become the instrument of change Africa's requires. She joins CNBC Africa for more. 

Swazi Tshabalala guns for AfDB top job 

This week President Trump marked 100 days in office, a tenure marked by volatility. His second term began with a decline in US GDP, while jobs and prices hold steady. Investors are concerned that the outlook is getting worse. 

Element Investment Managers: 2025 market outlook 

Recently, Botswana's economic outlook was downgraded from stable to negative by Moody's, as a result of the prolonged downturn in the diamond industry. 

Botswana records four consecutive quarters of economic downturn

Some analysts say April is a month of historic volatility and this time around it ended on that same note, with the S&P 500 wiping out a 2 per cent slide for the first time since 2022. 

Q2 outlook & lessons from U.S. "Liberation Day”

Markets remain volatile, and with protectionist trade measures once again making headlines, we thought it timely to share our views.

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