{"id":13854,"date":"2025-10-27T08:19:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T06:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-assets-start-week-firmer-on-investor-optimism-after-grey-list-exit\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:37","slug":"sa-assets-start-week-firmer-on-investor-optimism-after-grey-list-exit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-assets-start-week-firmer-on-investor-optimism-after-grey-list-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"SA assets start week firmer on investor optimism after &#8216;grey list&#8217; exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Rand, bonds and stocks were on the front foot in early trade on Monday, as domestically focussed investors reflected on the country&#8217;s removal from the global financial crime watch list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Rand traded at 17.2150 against the Dollar , roughly up 0.2% on Friday&#8217;s close.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;The removal restores SA\u2019s global financial credibility, easing cross-border business and boosting investor confidence,&#8221; said ETM Analytics in a research note.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Africa&#8217;s largest economy was added to the list in February 2023 after criticism of its systems to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;One should expect the Rand to trade on the front foot at the start of this week, as overall risk assessments of the currency have improved,&#8221; said the note.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">On the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Top-40 index was up 0.5% in early trade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SA&#8217;s benchmark 2035 government bond was also stronger, as the yield fell two basis points to 8.865%<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12528,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,44],"class_list":["post-13854","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Rand, bonds and stocks were on the front foot in early trade","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18780,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13854\/revisions\/18780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}