10/11/2013
Diary Of An Under 40 Multimillionaire
I may not have had a conventional childhood but I believe that is why I am who I am today.
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/10/2013
Advisors Obsessed With Asset Allocation Are The Real Dinosaurs Of Wealth Management
Stock and fixed-income ETFs have made this relatively easy.
10/10/2013
World Bank Group : Better Quality Investments needed in the Middle East and North Africa Region to Boost Shared Growth
Long period of political instability has affected both the quality and quantity of investments, skewing them towards activities that create the least job
10/10/2013
The Myth Of US Government Shutdown: An African Perspective
800 000 civil servant jobs lost to temporary furlough.
10/09/2013
WB gives S Asia a ‘wake-up call’ to reform for growth
Growth in South Asia will dip in 2013-14 and countries must revitalise structural reforms to ensure their region returns to the ranks of the world’s fastest-growing economies and cuts poverty
10/08/2013
BlackRock Investment Institute: Patterns in Equity Returns
The paper also discussed how factors such as volatility, inflation, growth, interest rates, currencies and correlations may drive returns in the short term as well as in the long run.
10/07/2013
Standard Bank, Platinum Circle Partner To Provide Business Support For Africa
We will be working closely to raise the voice of Africa
10/06/2013
Is Africa becoming the new Asia?
The agreement will enable BoC clients to invest in the continent via Nedbank’s regional network and may be symptomatic of a wider re-focus to investment opportunities in the southern continent.
10/06/2013
Development Bank of Southern Africa: new CEO, same promises
“South Africa is not a country that is short of funding. It is more about capacity.”
10/06/2013
2013 African Investor awards: Zambia’s Finance Minister, Central Bank Governor nominated
The Ai Investment and Business Leader awards on 10 Oct. will coincide with the Africa investor CEO Investment Climate Summit in Washington DC
10/03/2013
Healthy Fund Flows Spur Frontier Market Fund Launches
Money tends to flow to markets with better infrastructure and liquidity
09/30/2013
Self-Servicing for Investment Reporting
The Future of Investment Reporting
09/30/2013
Global Markets Weekly 30 September 2013 - Coutts
Economic trends will be clouded by politics this week
09/29/2013
Here Are The 50 Most Innovative Companies In The World
In its new report, The Most Innovative Companies 2013: Lessons from Leaders, the firm reveals the 50 companies that this year's sample of over 1,500 international executives ranked as the most innovative.
09/28/2013
Africa’s Most Innovative Banker – FNB CEO, Michael Jordaan
Six months after starting his PhD thesis on Banking Supervision, a young Michael Jordaan saw the following recruiting advertisement for Rand Merchant Bank’s “Class Of” programme in a newspaper: “Archie and Ben were professional gol
09/25/2013
Nigerian firms eye Africa as investment destination
This practice is not unfamiliar with developments in Africa’s leading economy South Africa.
09/23/2013
Africa core in Standard Bank group strategy-Kruger
Ben Kruger, joint chief executive, Standard bank group has said that Africa, the fastest growing region, remains core to the bank’s group’s strategy.
09/23/2013
What has been troubling emerging markets? - Schroders
Schroders’ Allan Conway, Head of Emerging Market Equities, takes a look at why emerging markets (GEMs) have underperformed developed markets over the last three years, whether the trend will change and what has been discounted in equity markets.
09/17/2013
SA Banking System Stable: PwC
The South African banking system remains stable and well-positioned, despite international headwinds
09/17/2013
Tanzania replaces Kenya as best investment destination in EA
Tanzania has outperformed and replaced Kenya as the favourite investment destination for corporate entities in the East Africa community.