10/10/2013
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
800 000 civil servant jobs lost to temporary furlough.
10/09/2013
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
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
We will be working closely to raise the voice of Africa
10/06/2013
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
“South Africa is not a country that is short of funding. It is more about capacity.”
10/06/2013
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
Money tends to flow to markets with better infrastructure and liquidity
09/30/2013
The Future of Investment Reporting
09/30/2013
Economic trends will be clouded by politics this week
09/29/2013
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
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
This practice is not unfamiliar with developments in Africa’s leading economy South Africa.
09/23/2013
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
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
The South African banking system remains stable and well-positioned, despite international headwinds
09/17/2013
Tanzania has outperformed and replaced Kenya as the favourite investment destination for corporate entities in the East Africa community.
09/12/2013
Africa is the market that the entire world is presently targeting for tangible growth opportunities.
09/10/2013
The SEC, having feasted upon the flesh of Swiss bankers, stood upright, wiped its blood-stained mouth on the back of its hand, cleared its throat, spat, pulled up its collar against the bitter north wind, and chuckling softly under its breath, slipped uns