04/01/2014
The tie-up will see Threadneedle introduce a range of STANLIB-run strategies to the UK - including an Africa ex-South Africa Equity fund, and a property fund focusing on "carefully chosen" areas.
03/31/2014
This and many other Mandela memorabilia, which have been sold at recent auctions for record breaking prices, highlights the importance of ensuring that sufficient cover is in place for any new valuable items that have been added to personal collections.
03/27/2014
No discernible overall trend in global asset markets.
03/24/2014
The growth of Africa’s millionaires is likely understated, says Standard Bank
Africa has been seeing – and will continue to see – a steady rise in the number of high net worth individuals across the continent.
03/24/2014
Why banks rock
In a climate of low economic growth and a declining consumer cycle, banks are not always popular investment holdings.
03/24/2014
Kenya has overtaken South Africa and Nigeria as an equity destination in Africa.
03/21/2014
Jim O’Neill, a former Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, a consulting firm, said Nigeria could be the world’s15th largest economy if its large population actively participated in economic development.
03/21/2014
In 2013, there were 16,686 high net worth individuals in Nigeria; together they held wealth worth around USD 90 billion.
03/20/2014
A Guide To South Africa's Economic Bubble And Coming Crisis
As Africa’s wealthiest major economy, South Africa has played a key symbolic role in the emerging markets boom that has transformed the global economy in the past decade.
03/20/2014
Mergers , acquisitions and initial public offering activity is picking up in Europe as it returns to growth.
03/19/2014
Global investors are moving toward a "risk off" stance, taking on greater protection as the prospect of geopolitical instability grows, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for March.
03/19/2014
The last time investor confidence levels were higher than this current level was back in March 2007
03/17/2014
Our third Global Consumer Banking Survey looks at banking through the lens of the customer. How do customers perceive their banks? What services do they expect their banks to provide? How well do their banks deliver on promises?
03/17/2014
INVESTMENTS in other African countries are starting to pay off handsomely for some South African companies, such as banks,
03/17/2014
U.S. philanthropist Howard Buffett takes aim at rhino poaching
American philanthropist Howard G. Buffett donated $24 million to South Africa's national parks service on Friday to fund a high-tech campaign against rhino poaching which he compared to the United States' war on drugs on its southern border.
03/17/2014
Keynote address by Mr Daniel Mminele, Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, at the 8th Risk and Return Conference, Cape Town, 13 March 2014.
03/16/2014
The idea of a virtual currency is clearly an appealing one for those who mistrust their national currency, the traditional banking system, or who seek a means of circumventing inflation or capital controls.
03/14/2014
Pan-African banking group Ecobank, whose largest investors include the Public Investment Corporation and Nedbank, will tap into the diverse resource base of its widespread continental operations to mobilise finance instruments for its Zimbabwe unit
03/13/2014
Bank capital ratios have increased steadily since the financial crisis.
03/13/2014
Emerging markets have received the cold shoulder for a third year running from one of Europe’s top-rated equity analysts on concern over China’s economic outlook and lower commodity prices.