Smart Money with Alishia Seckam

Venture capitalist and former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan shared his investment insights on Daily Investor’s new show – Smart Money, with Alishia Seckam.

Jordaan is widely regarded as the best banking CEO of his generation, who created tremendous value for FirstRand shareholders and FNB clients. Under his leadership, FNB showed strong subscriber growth and was named the most innovative bank in the world at the 2012 BAI-Finacle Global Banking Innovation Awards.

After leaving FNB, Jordaan founded Montegray Capital, a private equity firm that invests in disruptive technologies and disruptive business models. Through Montegray Capital, he partnered with over twenty South African ventures, including Bank Zero, Rain, Valr, and Numerical.

In the premiere of Smart Money, Jordaan shares his investment strategy and explains how he selects the companies he invests in. He also discusses the similarities and differences between running a large bank and a venture capital fund.

Michael Jordaan shares his investment insights

In the second episode of Smart Money, Daily Investor’s new finance and investment talk show, A2X co-founder and CEO Kevin Brady discussed the exchange with Alishia Seckam.

Brady has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, including serving as a director of equity trading at Barnard Jacobs Mellet, and head of Investec’s institutional securities and prime broking division.

In 2014, Brady began building the A2X Markets stock exchange, which went live in 2017.

Under Brady’s leadership, A2X has become a top stock exchange in South Africa, with 94 listed instruments and a market cap of over R6.6 trillion.

In this episode, Brady talks about the challenges he faced when launching A2X.

He then discusses A2X’s incredible growth over the last few years and explains what drives this success.

A2X CEO Kevin Brady discusses the exchange’s growth and future

In the latest episode of Daily Investor’s new talk show, Smart Money, Alishia Seckam meets with African Rainbow Capital’s (ARC) Johan van Zyl to discuss the company’s future.

ARC is an investment holding company focusing on opportunities in the South African and African markets. Van Zyl is the co-CEO and executive director of ARC and has over two decades of industry experience.

In this episode of Smart Money, Johan van Zyl discusses his journey from academia to the business world and unpacks the significant differences he has experienced between the two sectors. Van Zyl then shares his motivations for joining ARC and explains how the company has remained positive despite the current economic climate.

ARC co-CEO Johan van Zyl shares his outlook for African Rainbow Capital

Vestact is an active investment management firm that manages assets on behalf of private clients in both rands and US Dollars through individualised investment accounts.

Theron is a respected trailblazer in the South African financial services industry. However, unlike many other investment heavyweights, he did not come from a financial background.

Theron graduated with a Master’s Degree in Energy Engineering from the University of Cape Town, specialising in oil, gas, coal, and electricity.

He then worked for a corporate in energy policy but quickly realised that he was better suited to be an entrepreneur and run his own company.

The internet was starting to gain traction, and he joined forces with a few friends and associates to start an online sports business which was sold to the Mweb/M-Net group. It became the foundation of the Supersport website.

They also started South Africa’s first online stockbroker Tradek. Although briefly listed on the JSE, Theron said it was a disaster and was ultimately delisted and shut down.

In 2002, he started Vestact, which has shown exceptional growth and now has R7.5 billion in assets under management (AUM).

In this episode of Smart Money, Theron talks about his move from engineering to finance and outlines the biggest challenges he faced when founding Vestact.

He also explains his investment strategy, gives his investment outlook for 2023, and reveals the best share investment he ever made.

Vestact CEO Paul Theron reveals his best ever share investment

In the latest episode of Daily Investor’s new talk show, Smart Money, Alishia Seckam meets with AlexForbes’ Dawie de Villiers to discuss the company’s new strategy.

Dawie de Villiers is the Chief Executive at AlexForbes and has over two decades of experience in the finance and investment sector.

He first joined Sanlam in 1993 and quickly rose through the ranks, eventually becoming the CEO of Sanlam Structured Solutions and CEO of Sanlam Employee Benefits.

In November 2018, de Villers left Sanlam and joined AlexForbes as chief executive, where he leads the company’s transformation into an advisory-led business.

In today’s episode of Smart Money, Dawie de Villers unpacks the progress made with AlexForbes’ new strategy and whether it is working as planned.

De Villers then talks about the company’s investment in digital channels and how its ESG investment unit is paying off.

AlexForbes CEO Dawie de Villiers talks about their new strategy

Daily Investor has launched its new finance, business, and investing show, Smart Money, with Alishia Seckam.

To further serve its growing audience, Daily Investor has partnered with one of South Africa’s top broadcast and financial journalists, Alishia Seckam, to launch Smart Money.

Smart Money focuses on South Africa’s asset management industry, JSE-listed companies, venture capitalism, and how to invest smartly.