04/01/2014

Diamond buys African bank

Bob Diamond-backed investment company Atlas Mara said it would acquire sub-Saharan African bank ABC Holdings Limited and ADC African Development Corporation AG for up to $265 million in cash and shares.

03/31/2014

SA mergers, acquisitions forecast to rise

Merger and acquisition volumes in emerging markets may have touched the lowest levels since 2009 in the first quarter of this year but local M&A activity is anticipated to be on an upward trend as cash continues to chase strategic assets.

03/26/2014

StanChart takes battle to investment banking

Competition among commercial banks for lucrative investment advisory services is set to hot up with Standard Chartered bank announcing yesterday it will be going flat out to land major infrastructural deals.

03/13/2014

Barclays, Hana Bank to establish Korea desk in Joburg

In a sign of rising Asian investment commitment to Africa, the corporate and investment banking division of Barclays Africa announced on Wednesday it had agreed with South Korea’s Hana Bank to establish a Korea desk in Johannesburg.