The CFA Society South Africa Annual Investment Conference 2026 takes place on Thursday, 17 September at The Forum in Hyde Park, Johannesburg, marking the Society’s 25th anniversary. Hosted under the theme “Multilateralism to Multipolarity,” the day-long gathering brings together CFA charterholders, candidates, and investment professionals from across Southern Africa to examine how a shifting global order - from a rules-based multilateral system toward a more fragmented, multipolar world - is reshaping capital markets, institutions, and investor decision-making.

EBnet is the proud media sponsor of this prestigious event. Below you'll find interviews from our Podcast Studio at the conference with some of the speakers as well as various stakeholders and delegates for you to keep updated with this important conversation. You can also enjoy our highlights articles summarising each day's discussions and key points.

As uncertainty, policy divergence, and structural risk become the new operating environment, the conference positions navigating complexity as a competitive advantage. Attendees can expect thought leadership from leading local and global voices, including debate on what multipolarity means for portfolios, African institutional capital, and the investment profession more broadly - alongside networking with CEOs, portfolio managers, analysts, and the next generation of charterholders. It is framed as the Society’s flagship conversation of the year: ethics, education, and excellence applied to a world that is no longer organised the way investors once assumed.