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Big Kenyan banks seen swallowing up small ones as depositors run for cover following failures

The collapse and consolidation of some,small and medium-sized banks might even create a stronger banking sector replacing small, weak banks"

Kenya: Why Banks Slumped in 2015 Performance

Consequently banks hiked their lending rates in order to maintain their net interest margins, leading to a lot of bad debts.

Poor dollar millionaires

The reason, said New World Wealth's head of research, Andrew Amoils, was the depreciation of the rand and of the value of the JSE.

Kenya's financial system is very sound - Henry Rotich

Mid-sized Imperial Bank was taken over in October 2015, two months after the smaller lender Dubai Bank.

Africa's great opportunity for reform Kevin Watkins

Fixing Africa’s failing education systems should be seen as a top economic policy priority

Rich white millionaires are fleeing South Africa

NWW’s data shows that at the end of 2015, there were 38,500 millionaires in South Africa – down 18% from 46,800 recorded at the end of 2014.

How South Africa’s richest people make their money

Multi-millionaires make up 5.3% of the total HNWI population, and are on average – 56 years old – in line with the global average.

Ramos only qualified banking CEO in SA

The banking qualifications issue came to the fore during the UK government’s independent inquiry into the banking sector after a number of banks failed.

Insurers will have to grow differently to survive, says PwC

Gone are the days of ‘business as usual’.

Here are the 22 most exclusive streets for South Africa’s ultra-rich

The data shows that the Cape property market is literally streets ahead of the rest of the country claiming 15 of the top 22 streets – nine on the Atlantic Seaboard (Clifton, Fresnaye and Bantry Bay) and six in the Southern Suburbs (Bishopscourt and

South African Wealth Report 2016 defines local affluent market

The UHNWI population held US$73 billion in wealth at the end of 2015, up by 40 percent from the US$52 billion they had in 2007.

Institutions Are Becoming More Agile in the Face of Economic Uncertainty

New Research from State Street Shows Official Institutions are Focusing on Risk Management, Governance, Technology and Talent as They Diversify Their Investment Portfolios

South African UHNWI's have increased 18 percent since 2007

The report, presented at a World MasterCard and World Elite MasterCard event, reveals that there are 620 UHNWIs in South Africa, each holding net assets of US$30 million or more.

Super-rich put their money on SA

The report‚ published by New World Health in association with MasterCard‚ provides information on demographic trends and spending habits based on a sample of 1 800 local HNWIs.

Here are the best and worst banks in South Africa

Capitec, however, has outdistanced its competitors in a number of areas which contribute to overall customer satisfaction, including quality, perceived value, customer loyalty and low levels of complaints with high rates of complaint resolution.

Emerging markets: time to buy? - Schroders

The improvement in risk appetite comes at a time when aggregate emerging market valuations look attractive and investors have been waiting for an opportunity to re-enter the asset class.

Who's afraid of privatisation in Africa? The successes, heartbreaks, and (sometimes bizarre) reversals

It's estimated that the number of state-owned enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa fell from 6,069 to 4,058 in just 5 years (1990-1995), a 33% reduction

Understanding Africa

This is heartening when the continent is still routinely debased to clichés and narrow media themes.

African nations urged to rethink incentives

The report indicates that over 3,000 bilateral investment treaties and double taxation treaties signed last year were from Africa.

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