Saturday, July 26, 2025

INVESTEC PODCAST: Wine in Focus ep 1 – Investing in Wine: Pairing Enjoyment with Returns

Wine in Focus is an Investec Focus Radio five-part vodcast series hosted by Lerato Motshologane, a dealmaker at Investec for Business and founder of Discover Wines. Lerato chats to wine makers, investors, farmers and judges on everything from how to invest in wine, to innovations changing the way we farm, and South Africa's growing prominence on the international fine wine market. 

Nuances of the South African Listed Debt Market

Intengo Market brings you this overview of the South African listed debt market. Characterised by its unique structure, participant dynamics, and liquidity constraints, this is a space worth examining for institutional and retail investors alike

The court of public opinion: does it matter?

Public backlash may be loud, but it appears as though capitalism has noise-cancelling headphones. Using SeaWorld and Duolingo as examples, Dominique Olivier examines whether the bark of social media outrage has any bite.

UNLOCK THE STOCK: Astoria Investments

In the 53rd edition of Unlock the Stock, Astoria Investments returned to the platform to discuss the recent numbers and the growth strategy.

Sony’s stuck in a Spider-Man spiral

Sony, once a post-war electronics wunderkind best known for pioneering devices like the Walkman and the Trinitron TV, now finds itself tangled in a web of its own making - one spun not from copper wire or silicon wafers, but from red spandex and Hollywood contracts. Dominique Olivier explains the complicated IP ownership around Spider-Man.

PODCAST: No Ordinary Wednesday ep100 – a world in flux

From a global pandemic to fractured supply chains, energy shocks, inflation spirals, rate hikes, AI disruption, war, and geopolitical realignment - the last four years have been anything but dull. The 100th episode of No Ordinary Wednesday is a discussion on regional trends that will shape the years to come.

UNLOCK THE STOCK: ASP Isotopes

In the 52nd edition of Unlock the Stock, ASP Isotopes made their debut appearance ahead of a planned listing on the JSE.

Now is a great time to question our Chinese bias

A wave of TikToks from Chinese factory owners is reshaping how we think about where the things we buy come from. By casually revealing that many brandnamed products are made in Chinese factories, these videos are forcing a reckoning with a deeper bias: our enduring discomfort with the words “Made in China”.
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