Managers of Wealth Africa

SA as a truly attractive centre for international fund management

Maitland has recently developed a Luxembourg Management Company (Manco) white labelled solution which we will launch at this event

Alexander Forbes To List On JSE

The company said the name of the firm will be changed from Alexander Forbes Equity Holdings Proprietary Limited to Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited.

East African financial service firm to acquire Real Insurance

The group, which control operations in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda has received approvals from regulators in Kenya, but said it awaits same from the other countries where Real Insurance operates to ensure completion of the transaction by mid-July.

The Hot New Africa Investment Trend: Pension Funds

Economic reforms are fostering the growth of retirement assets and making the region’s nascent pension fund industry an attractive target for Western investors.

Curo helps Old Mutual Multi-Managers enhance the integrity of its process and pricing of its investment portfolio

The implementation of pControl has enabled Curo to deliver more efficient and flexible administration service across a number of complex processes such as net-asset-value (NAV) unit pricing, cash allocation and rebalancing, unitised order management and i

Standard Chartered to launch crowdsourced economic indicator for Africa

The Standard Chartered MNI Business Sentiment Indicator provides insight into business conditions

First Rand to invest $820 million in energy sector

The plant, Mr Larbie observed, would run on gas, light crude and diesel

London Stock Exchange Group signs Partnership Agreement with Casablanca Stock Exchange

Signing ceremony presided by His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco

UK-based mining giant may sell South African platinum mines: Deutsche Bank

Some mining industry participants are looking in general at merger and acquisition opportunities in the platinum industry

Kenya puts tourism recovery initiatives into place

Kenya has reduced the fees to enter its national parks and landing charges at Mombasa and Malindi airports in efforts to recover any tourism damage from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office's to parts of the country.

Sterling Bank introduces social lending scheme

The scheme, according to him, provides a platform for online fans

JPMorgan launches emerging markets opportunities fund

JPMorgan Asset Management India today announced the launch of JPMorgan Emerging Markets Opportunities Equity Offshore Fund, an open ended fund of funds scheme that seeks to provide long term capital growth to its investors.

IFC and Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea Introduce Leasing to Support Small Businesses

Major new trends and innovations in digital financial services are opening up the possibility of significantly expanding financial inclusion in Africa

Bitcoin: The future of Banking

Recently a friend of mine, I still have one left, entered her local bank carrying a bag of coins.

Kenya: Eurobond Success Could Tame Bank Rates

The issue of a debut sovereign Eurobond by Kenya will go into the annals of Kenyan history as the time when the country decided it has what it takes to directly raise money from foreign investors.

Beneficiaries of Sh5.3b Uwezo Fund to undergo capacity building

He said the fund’s main objective is to ensure more youth; women and people with disabilities benefit more

Sanlam eyes further acquisitions after deal in Rwanda

Insurer Sanlam said on Tuesday that it was looking to bed down one or two more acquisitions before the end of this year after announcing that it had bought a 63% stake in Rwanda’s largest insurer, Soras Group, for R254m.

South Africa’s Land Equity Group Plans Expansion Into Ghana, Nigeria

We’ve sourced the top African real estate advisory team

Morocco mandates banks for potential euro bond offering

The Kingdom of Morocco has mandated BNP Paribas, Commerzbank and Natixis to arrange a series of fixed-income investor meetings in Europe commencing on June 6, according to a lead.

Helios Investment Partners takes stake in Nigerian pension fund manager

Helios Investment Partners took a minority stake in Nigerian pension fund manager ARM Pension Managers PFA, a spokesman for Helios said. Under the agreement, funds managed by the Africa-focused, $2 billion private equity firm will acquire a minority stak

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