11/10/2020
Three corporate finance and investment banking boutiques – Capitalmind, Investec Bank and BlackArch Partners – have entered into a strategic partnership in a move that provides them access to a global network of like-minded dealmakers.
10/30/2020
Nedbank revises growth forecast for 2020
The bank said the Covid-19 pandemic, subsequent lockdowns and market volatility in March were “extreme events” and its negative impact is expected to continue for “some time”.
10/29/2020
Group reorganises consumer-facing divisions to create three new units
10/29/2020
Standard Bank, which operates across 20 African countries, is digitizing its systems to fend off fintech firms encroaching on its customer base.
10/28/2020
The bank said it would integrate the new acquisitions into its systems
10/16/2020
Lenders from Kenya to Ghana are having to contend with a burgeoning mobile-banking industry that allows anyone with the simplest of phones to transfer cash.
10/14/2020
VSA Capital has offices in London and Shanghai and provides corporate finance, advisory and capital markets services to private and public firms.
10/12/2020
The latest agreement, signed last week on October 6, will see the two institutions partner to enhance the competitiveness of the business sector in both countries.
10/06/2020
Ghana International Bank plc has announced the appointment of Baafuor Ohene Abankwa as Head of Client Coverage for its Africa Business.
10/01/2020
Banks that have shown tenacity and determination to keep going and drive through deals within the most challenging of circumstances have come out on top in The Banker’s Investment Banking Awards for 2020.
09/24/2020
Emirates NBD Capital currently holds a leading league table position in international Sukuk and MENA bonds with over 150 transactions successfully completed since 2015 across GCC, Turkey, India, China and Indonesia.
09/16/2020
Investment has become a very important aspect of life and everyone, both young and old, is learning to embrace it.
09/11/2020
The Nedbank Green Bond was listed on the green segment of the JSE in April last year and marked the first issuance of this type of sustainable fundraising instrument in the local market by a South African bank.
08/26/2020
Kenya confirmed its first case of coronavirus on March 12, setting off a series of public health measures that have hurt workers’ and companies’ earnings.
08/26/2020
The group did not declare an interim dividend, following an earlier advice from the SA Reserve Bank that encouraged banks to ensure that capital conservation took priority over any distributions of dividends on ordinary shares.
08/18/2020
Access Bank PLC has announced the signing of a Subordinated Syndicated Loan Agreement totalling $93.8 million with the Dutch development bank (FMO), the French private sector development bank (Proparco) and leading investment firm, Symbiotics.
07/29/2020
The award further reaffirms the bank’s leading position in structuring relevant and innovative financial deals for its Corporate & Investment banking customers.
07/13/2020
‘Fostering innovative cross-border financing solutions in Africa.
06/26/2020
The end of an era led to a decline in RMH’s share price to R2.06 a share in the afternoon, down from Tuesday’s closing price of R51.04.
06/19/2020
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) 20 share index has for example fallen to levels last seen in 2003.