Managers of Wealth Africa

Cold Turkey - by Johannes Oehri, Financial Economist from LGT Capital Management

Global financial markets have been very nervous since mid of January.

Senior Management Increasing Efforts Globally To Combat Money Laundering

Attention being paid by senior management to money laundering challenges is at an all time high according to findings from a new KPMG International report.

Coutts' commentary - Global View from Asia - Emerging markets - crisis what crisis?

While there are undoubtedly strains in some emerging markets, to read the headlines would suggest there was a pending meltdown.

East Africa growth to outpace many emerging markets in 2014

East Africa's progress in becoming an oil and gas hub will put economic growth on a stronger footing this year while favourable weather supports its agricultural sector

Why Nigeria Must Trade More With Africa

According to experts, Nigeria’s catch up to South Africa will be confirmed by the results of a planned rebasing of the country’s gross domestic product, with the new figures to be made known in early 2014.

South Africa's competitive advantage in the developing world

When the United Nations Development Programme published its Human Development Report in 2013, it contained powerful insights about the increasingly important role developing countries.

Mobius Prefers Nigerian Banks to South African Peers on Value

Mark Mobius, chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, is picking Nigerian bank stocks ahead of South African peers as Johannesburg-based lenders battle rising bad-debt charges while trading at higher valuations.http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-0

KPMG Report Identifies How Banks Can Grow the Top Line in 2014

"The banks that embrace change and systematically transform themselves to become more customer-centric will achieve a competitive advantage in the marketplace."

Is this an emerging markets crisis or not?

The time of reckoning is here for emerging markets. After benefiting from ultra-low interest rates and sluggish growth in developed economies in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, these markets are no longer looking so hot.

South African Bank Ratings Threatened by Sovereign Cut, S&P Says

The company said it doesn’t expect to raise bank ratings this year.

Eight-Year Global Economic Expansion Expected Says BNY Mellon's Richard Hoey

While Hoey believes that inflation will rise eventually, he thinks it will drift higher only gradually over the coming years and that governments and central banks will be tolerant of that gradual upward drift in inflation.

Kalmer ditched by Nedbank

Top South African road runner Rene Kalmer will not be running in Nedbank colours this year, after her contract was not renewed for the 2014 season

How to profit from the emerging markets crisis

Lazard’s Paul Rogers explains how the group is positioning its portfolio in this tough period for the market and looking for opportunities in undervalued consumer discretionary stocks.

CEOs more confident on global economy - PwC

But finding that growth has gotten tougher.

Kenya’s Banking Revolution Lights a Fire

Those models are certainly valid: The “Asian Tigers” lifted millions of people out of poverty by relying on an efficient public sector based on rigid meritocracy and little tolerance for corruption.

Swaziland to launch a new airline to give its new airport some traffic

King Mswati III is really committed to this whole international-air-hub thing. Call it a folie-à-un, because no one else is sold

Luxury assets on the rise in SA

Luxury assets - including art, wine and classic automobiles - are proving increasingly popular in South Africa.

Coutts says BRIC obsolete term

Coutts, a lender owned by Royal Bank of Scotland, argues that the 13-year-old BRIC term is obsolete.

World economy: back in synch -EFG INTERNATIONAL

2014 is set to be a year in which we will see a synchronised global economic upturn – with all major regions and economies posting positive growth for the first time since 2007.

SA super-rich rise by 14% over 6 years

The number of South Africans with more than $30 million in net assets climbed 14 percent in the past six years following equity and commodity price gains

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