Fiona Zerbst is a financial journalist with 15 years’ experience writing for leading voices in the financial sector, including The Mail & Guardian, Financial Mail, Finweek, City Press, Moneyweb, FAnews, Black Business Quarterly (BBQ), InvestSA, Risk Africa, Sunday Standard (Botswana), African Business (UK), and more. Fiona also edited Reaching Out for the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, and has written for a wide variety of financial services clients.
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