Managers of Wealth Africa

Nigeria: Trust Beyond Borders; Offshore Trust Or Local Trust?

Offshore trusts are regularly set up in jurisdictions with low-taxation regimes

'Money for fraud' probably why SARS business unit was broken up

The destruction of the LBC is among the most significant changes brought about by the restructuring

BoG must use Islamic banking to promote financial inclusion – Dubai Chamber

Islamic finance assets, he noted, are projected to grow by nearly 72 percent to exceed US$3.7trillion by 2022

East Africa rides the Islamic finance train; Uganda next to join

the central bank is planning to develop Islamic finance in order to improve financial inclusion, while Somalia’s central bank, re-established in 2009, has since given licences to six Islamic Banks and two takaful companies.

Moody's assigns first-time ratings to three mid-tier Nigerian banks

The primary drivers of our assessment of the banks' standalone credit profiles are their robust loss-absorbing buffers, above our global average for similarly rated peers, and their resilient local currency liquidity buffers.

The best and worst banks in South Africa for digital experience

“This declining three-year trend may cost Capitec’s its reputation as a disruptor, and is likely due to Capitec’s customers punishing the bank for the platform’s frequent unavailability."

Mercer's Annual Cost of Living Survey

According to Mercer’s 24th annual Cost of Living Survey, factors like instability of housing markets, low inflation, and fluctuating prices for goods and services are impacting the cost of doing business in various cities around the world.

Africa and the rich ‘North’ are still squabbling over how to stem the huge illicit capital drain from the continent

These include false invoicing of exports or imports and aggressive tax avoidance measures like registering their companies in offshore tax havens.

Trade wars, land expropriation, low growth: Where to from here?

Magda Wiercyka, Magnus Heystek and Jean-Pierre Verster discuss the current state of play, SA’s future outlook and what investors can do to safeguard wealth.

Coronation Merchant Bank records 180% subscription

” The issuance comprised of two series of 180 and 270-days."

Fourteen Months After, PenCom Operating Without Board

The number of contributors have also grown by 390,000 as it increased from 7.50 million in March 2017 to 7.8 million in December, 2017 and then to 7.90 million as at February 2018.

CEOs favour rate cap, fresh survey reveals

The law caps commercial interest rates at four percentage points above the Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK) benchmark rate

Revealed: SA’s most attractive employers

The research showed that government and parastatals featured prominently in categories and that having high brand awareness does not necessarily make a potential employer attractive to job seekers.

CBI launches Islamic financing in Senegal

Coris Bank Senegal has also been selected as the official partner of the Pilot Project of ITFC new West Africa SME Development Program.

Nigerian banks lag African peers in efficiency as costs remain high

Out of the five largest publicly listed banks in Egypt, four were among the top 5 most efficient banks with an average cost to income ratio of 25.3 percent in 2017.

Shaping the future of Africa’s financial services

Sybrin focuses on enabling business’s digital journey

Investing in Africa is still a tough sell

The Africa equity specialist talked about the changing narrative around the continent

Diamond Bank Partners CBN, Others on Financial Inclusion

People of influence in the community were selected to act as agents of the bank

Winners Announced for Private Equity Africa Awards 2018

The awards saw 26 firms collect the much coveted accolades at the 7th Annual PEA Awards Gala Dinner hosted at London’s prestigious Langham hotel on 12th June, which attracted over 200 industry professionals.

Wealth managers see AI as a game changer for HNWI's

Digitalization and specifically the use of AI is positively impacting portfolio returns, and improving client communication and overall experience, stated the wealth managers surveyed in the report.

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