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a Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank,
at the Bloomberg Sustainable Finance Conversations.
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The attached document contains the overnight benchmark rates, as published by the South African Reserve Bank, updated at the end of each month. Please note that there is generally no overnight foreign exchange data on public holidays in the US.

Any enquiries can be directed to FMD Interest rate team at FMD-InterestRate@resbank.co.za or on +27 12 313-495</description><pubDate>2026-10-01T08:00:00Z</pubDate><category>Markets Data</category><guid>/content/sarb-project/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/Financial-Markets/markets-data/SABOR-Historical-Data/2026/historical-data--south-african-benchmark-overnight-rate---februa</guid></item><item><title>Risk Free Rates - 2026</title><link>/en/home/publications/publication-detail-pages/prudential-authority/pa-insurers/Insurance-Sector-Data/pa-risk-free-rates/2026/risk-free-rates-20262</link><description>This Excel sheet provides the government bond curve published by the Prudential Authority as the risk-free interest rate term structure to discount cash-flows for the purposes of valuing technical provisions in terms of Prudential Standard FSI 2.2 [Valuation of Technical Provisions], prescribed in terms of the Insurance Act, 2017 (Act No. 18 of 2017). </description><pubDate>2026-10-01T00:00:00Z</pubDate><category>Insurance Sector Data &gt; 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