Managers of Wealth Africa

Flourishing African companies are rattling multinationals

These companies are developing regional and continental strategies in competition with South African, Asian and Western multinationals.

Kenya in prime position to attract more investments

South African companies are also growing more aggressive in their expansion plans into the continent, using Kenya as a gateway to the rest of East Africa.

How rising interest rates could work against SA banks

Profitability has improved moderately, and we expect this will continue in 2016

‘Nigeria Can Borrow More as External Debt is Still Negligible’

The projected net external borrowing in the FGN’s 2016 budget proposals of US$4.5bn would increase the stock by 0.9 per cent of GDP.

Cybercriminals prey on banks via EFTs

Their investigation revealed that Namibia, in terms of malware was the country most targeted by cybercriminals during December 2015, after being second most attacked in November.

CEO Profile: Innovation, entrepreneurship drive Mercantile Bank CEO, Karl Kumbier Featured

Mercantile last year loaned entrepreneur Sergio Aquino-led Lushaka Investments R300 million

Malawian bank bans employees from wearing miniskirts

The female employees were banned against wearing any form of revealing clothes that could be distracting and offensive such as miniskirts and sleeveless blouses.

South Africa must reform competition regulation to spur growth - World Bank

The World Bank estimates Africa's most industrialised economy will grow at only 0.8 percent in 2016

Investec Offers Juiciest Returns of South Africa's Banks: Chart

The company, founded in Johannesburg, this year traded at the deepest discount to its target price since the 2008 global financial crisis.

PwC questions asset managers’ response to tech fears

Gathering the responses from 189 chief executives at fund groups in 39 countries, 90 per cent say they are “confident” or “very confident” about revenue growth for the year ahead

Global Pension Assets Study 2016

Pension assets relative to GDP reached 80% in 2015, which represents a decrease of 4% from the 2014 ratio of 84% The largest pension markets are the US, UK and Japan with 62%, 9% and 8% of total pension assets in the study, respectively

Offshore funds burst through Reserve Bank limits

The controls allow an additional 5% to be invested in African assets, while collective investment schemes may invest up to 35% in foreign assets.

Rand driven by global environment

Can you elaborate and how do you see the rand affecting investments in 2016?

Zimbabwe's economy weighed down by policies

Some of the reforms include attempts to make the controversial Indigenisation and Empowerment Act investor friendly.

Renewables in Africa - Linklaters

As renewable energy becomes more affordable, there are signs that some markets in sub-Saharan Africa would leapfrog fossil fuels technology and that Africa’s economic development could actually be driven by renewable energy technology.

Dear investors, the SA system is working

What Nkandla shows us about our democracy

South Africa's property market, vehicle sales face squeeze as interest rates rise

Africa's most industrialised economy is in the grip of a worsening growth outlook.

South African economy to slow, weighed down by policy, drought - World Bank

The forecast brought the Bank in line with the International Monetary Fund, which in December halved its 2016 growth forecast for South Africa to 0.7 percent.

African private equity investment slides 69%

Commodity-induced slowdown hurts activity but fundraising jumps

Standard Bank is Africa’s most valuable banking brand

Standard Bank was the only local bank to grow its brand value from $1,2 billion R19,4 billion to $1,3 billion R21 billion as Absa

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