09/11/2019

Alternative assets offer the better returns option

According to a market report by Cytonn Investments for the period between 2013-2018, real estate recorded an average per annual return of 24 percent, equities recorded 14.1 percent, one-year T-bill recorded 13.1 percent and 91-day T-bill recorded 9.2 perc

09/09/2019

EAC banks hit rough patch as earning prospects dip

While the performance may not be encouraging to the managers of these institutions, analysts think the earnings prospects of the second half of the year appear even dimmer going by the rising volume of non-performing loans, flashing signals of weaker than

09/09/2019

Small banks cut bad loan provisions by nearly half

The provisions are supposed to serve as an allowance for uncollected loans and loan payments to cover eventualities such as customer defaults and renegotiated terms that yield lower than previously estimated payments.

09/06/2019

Why Investment Don't Deserve To Fall From Grace

Painting investment hubs with the same brush, however, does a major disservice to developing countries that benefit from the FDI flows facilitated by these key intermediaries through the structuring of safe and secure investments into otherwise challengin

09/06/2019

The barren Sahara: A lesson in money laundering

The payments – totaling R122m exactly – came from Albatime, a now defunct company that made its fortune by introducing Salim Essa, the Guptas' business partner, to Regiments Capital, a financial services firm at the center of state captur