Editor's Thoughts.

The headlines are dominated by yesterday’s mini-budget so to make it easy for you, I’ve taken the noteworthy pieces and popped them into a Macro’s & Markets. It looks at the MTBPS from a number of angles – investors, households, sme’s – because appreciating your client’s or member’s perspective matters, right?

While the Finance Minister was sharing some fuel levy relief (will it even make a dent in your household budget?), the EBnet team was at Prescient’s 2026 ETF Conference. South Africa’s ETF market is growing quickly – now at 141 ETFs with R275 billion under management, according to Prescient’s latest ETF Report on our Publications Podium. My highglights from yesterday’s conversation will bring you up to speed on what exactly ETFs are, their evolution both locally and around the world, and how they fit into your personal, and your retirement fund’s, investment portfolio.

We also chatted to many of the speakers in our podcast booth so hear from them first hand here.

We’re getting close to EBnet’s Evolutionaries Conference, which kicks off on Monday with a live event with the Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator and the FAIS Ombud. As we activate benefits that are meaningful, let’s learn from what our customers are saying. Monday’s conversation sets the tone for a conference that truly seeks to solve for meaningful benefits that are valued at each step in a person's life journey. To listen to that conversation live at 9am, you need to be registered for the conference, which you can do here.

Let’s move benefits from silos to integrated wellness for every life stage

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