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Almost every empire in history has feared the same thing. It isn't an army; it's a room full of caffeinated people with contrarian opinions. Dominique Olivier explains how rulers from the governor of Mecca to King Charles II tried (and failed) to ban coffee.

CA&S has posted a resilient set of results in a period where consumer spending remained under pressure. The group concluded a number of acquisitions to broaden the platform. The company has placed its results here for the convenience of Ghost Mail readers.

Comic Con Africa is a thriving business built on community, creativity and fandom. In this episode, Carla Massmann (Show Director of Comic Con Africa and Founder of Mogul Media) joins The Finance Ghost to discuss the rise of the geek economy, how Comic Con grew into one of Africa's biggest pop culture events, why community drives business success and what brands can learn from fans.

The award-winning Investec Structured Products team brings you the latest iteration of International Titans Basket Ltd. This product offers 100% capital protection and geared upside (with a cap), referencing a basket of underlying global equity indices. Bringing decades of experience and passion to this discussion, Japie Lubbe walks us through exactly how the structure works.

In this episode of Ghost Stories, The Finance Ghost is joined by Siyabulela Nomoyi from Satrix to unpack one of the most important, yet often misunderstood, concepts in investing: benchmarks. From retail portfolios to institutional mandates, we explore why returns only tell half the story and why every investment outcome needs a meaningful point of comparison.

Artificial intelligence is moving faster than almost anyone expected. After attending two of the world's biggest technology conferences in Boston and San Francisco, Investec global equity analysts David Smith and Zane Bezuidenhout unpack what they learned from the executives shaping AI's future. From surging demand and infrastructure bottlenecks to agentic AI and the companies best placed to benefit, they explore what investors should be watching next. This podcast is hosted by Jeremy Maggs.

In this episode of the Ghost Stories podcast, The Finance Ghost sits down with Reza Fakie, portfolio co-manager of the Old Mutual Investment Group Global Managed Alpha Fund. The fund has delivered consistent outperformance against its benchmark since inception, but the real story is how it does it. Reza takes us inside the world of quantitative investing.

Satrix, the leading provider of index-tracking investment products in South Africa, has announced the further expansion of its offering into another African country outside of South Africa. The company selected the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) as the platform for the secondary listing of three of its JSE-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs), with the listings having gone live on 9 July.