07/15/2014
The awards ceremony, held at London's Natural History Museum on Thursday, 10 July, added to a series of recent accolades confirming Barclays Africa as the leading advisor on debt access and business acquisition on the continent.
07/15/2014
The global wealth-management industry delivered a few surprises in 2013. Excellent growth did not always translate into higher profits.
07/15/2014
In terms of which emerging markets offer value at present, Wade remarked that he is concerned about China, and the need for ‘parts of the economy to rein in debt levels’
07/15/2014
A net 61 percent of global asset allocators are now overweight equities. This ranks as the survey's highest reading on this measure since early 2011 and represents the panel's second-strongest response ever.
07/14/2014
The naira is expected to maintain its stability this week following foreign portfolio investors’ inflow and improving external reserves, analysts at Cowry Asset Management Limited have said.
07/11/2014
Similarly, the bank won 2014 Deutsche Bank Awards; STP Excellence Award.
07/11/2014
The leaders of the five Brics nations meet in Brazil next week as the soccer World Cup winds up and one issue that is expected to make it to the agenda is a development bank meant to rival the likes of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
07/11/2014
But a study by research group Africa Response showed Thursday that stokvel members are increasingly using their earnings to create wealth by investing in interest-bearing instruments, with some even investing their cash on the stock market.
07/08/2014
Business before wealth: HNW business owners in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Standard Chartered Private Bank (the Private Bank), in partnership with Campden Wealth Research, has launched a report on the wealth management needs and preferences of High Net Worth (HNW) business owners in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
07/08/2014
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited has been ranked Africa’s top bank by banking industry publication, The Banker. “South Africa’s lenders, for so long the shining light in Africa’s representation in The Banker’s Top 1
07/07/2014
When you recognise that relatively recent net new money growth rates for the overall industry have been in the range of 3 per cent to 5 per cent
07/07/2014
According to the report, Zenith Bank is the top Nigerian bank at 293;
07/07/2014
This is despite African banks holding less than one per cent of global capital
07/07/2014
Businesses and families developed differently in Africa
07/06/2014
As the prime lending rate starts to increase, Daniels says disposable income and deposits might also be under pressure
07/06/2014
Fitch considers SBG's willingness to support as high, given a written statement in SBG's annual report
07/04/2014
According to the World Bank, in terms of the overall ease of doing business, the UAE economies ranked 23rd in the world
07/03/2014
The growth in the South African HNWIs volumes and wealth are predicted to improve in the next 5 years.
07/03/2014
New research finds that there were 581 Ultra High Net Worth Individuals in South Africa in 2013, with an average per capita wealth of US$124.7 million
07/02/2014
The Treasury estimated that tax revenue would recover to grow at an average 10.4% over the medium term