02/01/2016
That’s a turnaround from last year, when rand bonds lost 3 percent, the most since at least 1998, when records began, and only the second time since then that they didn’t make money, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch indexes.
01/29/2016
This week new figures published by Cape Town-based Catalyst Fund Managers revealed that property in 2015 was South Africa’s leading investment class.
01/29/2016
South Africa’s economic outlook makes for grim reading ─ and investors have felt an urgent need to take action.
01/28/2016
While once alluring sovereign growth prospects have diminished in the face of falling commodity prices and currency devaluations
01/28/2016
We started here with a very stable market especially on the exchange rate.
01/28/2016
So how far behind Mr Dangote are South Africa’s wealthiest black citizens, and who are they?
01/28/2016
As the market was rocked by the news, listed property dropped around 10% in two days.
01/27/2016
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, is also nursing injuries
01/27/2016
The firm expects this trend to continue this year.
01/27/2016
Private equity funds distributed a record US$475 billion back to investors in 2014, and returned a further US$189 billion in the first half of 2015.
01/25/2016
MorSEF can mobilise up to EUR 80 million for banks in Morocco.
01/25/2016
These annual awards are the results of votes cast by the publication's subscribers - a readership that represents more than 40 countries.
01/25/2016
The company has launched itself into the Nigerian and West-African business market
01/25/2016
The latest report this week by Thomson Reuters declared that the outbound merger and acquisition year-on-year growth figures for 2015 are “the highest annual period in any given year.
01/22/2016
The rand has weakened more than 7% this year to above R16.70/$
01/22/2016
Increased intellectual capital, in countries such as Kenya and Nigeria, and significant entrepreneurial spirit have fostered cross border deals in the telecoms, infrastructure, leisure and IT sectors.
01/22/2016
Says price competition and growth of lab-grown diamonds would impact industry in years to come
01/21/2016
The World Economic Forum has just published “The Global Risks Report 2016”. The 11th edition of the study draws attention to ways that global risks could evolve and interact in the next decade.
01/20/2016
Tax havens are largely to blame, according to a new study by Oxfam.
01/19/2016
Consumer spending by a fast-growing middle class is as important a growth driver for Africa