Buy-Side

International Women’s Day 2026: Celebrating women shaping the industry

In honour of International Women’s Day 2026, Natasha Cocksedge sat down with senior female leaders from PIMCO, BlackRock and UBS Asset Management to discuss their journeys to the trading desk, delving into the best way to build a career on the floor, the importance of female mentors, and the most important lessons they’ve learnt along the way.

TRADE Talks: M&G Investments SA’s Ann Leepile

At JSE SA Trade Connect 2026, Claudia Preece catches up with Ann Leepile, chief executive of M&G Investments Southern Africa, to unpack the institutional impacts of fragmentation and multi-venue trading, buy-side liquidity access and how the emerging markets landscape is set to evolve throughout 2026.  

TRADE Talks: Prescient Investment Management’s Cheree Dyers

Claudia Preece sits down with Cheree Dyers, chief executive of Prescient Investment Management at JSE SA Trade Connect 2026, to explore how the buy-side is approaching digital assets and tokenisation and the potential obstacles that may arise from these integrations, as well as how the client mandate landscape is evolving globally