Managers of Wealth Africa

In medium to long term SA banks will remain dominant in Africa, says EY

EMILIO Pera is financial services sector leader at EY.

Repositioning Private Capital: Money Movements Around The Globe

Over the past six years, there have been substantial withdrawals from offshore client accounts, to the tune of as much as CHF350 billion.

Rising Inequality In South Africa and the World: Some Insufficiently Recognised Causes

Episodes of social unrest seem to have escalated in many parts of the world in recent years. Few would disagree that one of the causes for this has been an increase in levels of inequality.

Rating Action: Moody's upgrades East African Development Bank to Baa3 with a stable outlook

Moodys Investors Service has today upgraded the long-term issuer rating of the East African Development Bank to Baa3 from Ba1.

2015 Cost of Living Rankings

Mercer’s 21st annual Cost of Living Survey finds African, Asian, and European cities dominating the list of most expensive locations for employees working abroad

SA dollar millionaires set to increase

South Africa has the highest number of dollar millionaires on the African continent and this number is set to rise in coming years, according to Old Mutual’s New World Wealth Africa Report for 2015 released on Wednesday.

Doing Business in South Africa can improve with standardisation, says World Bank

A new World Bank Group-commissioned report assessing the business environment and state of regulations for domestic firms in South Africa

Global Population of High Net Worth Individuals and their Wealth Hit New Highs

North America and Asia-Pacific led the way in 2014, with European growth expected to accelerate in next few years, finds World Wealth Report 2015

Africa Received US$7.6 billion Development Financing from Arab Coordination Group in 2014

The African continent received US$7.6 Billion as development financing from the group of ten Arab Donors known as the Coordination Group during 2014

Government ‘is not hostile to business’, says Radebe

PRIVATE companies stand to be the ultimate beneficiaries of government projects being developed to pursue National Development Plan (NDP) objectives, but the misconception persists that the state is hostile to business, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Rad

New wealth in Middle East, Africa is 2nd highest globally

Global private financial wealth grew by nearly 12 percent in 2014 to reach a total of $164 trillion.

East Africa: The Now and the Future - with Josephat Mwaura, CEO of KPMG East Africa

For this reason, we have one market already, five countries that have come together under the East Africa Community

Building the bridges and benefitting

The Investor: Pension funds look twice at infrastructure investments.

Rencap: How Ready are Nigerian Banks for New Reforms?

The anticipated economic reform from the new administration is bound to weigh heavily on money deposit banks.

12 Moroccan Companies in Forbes’ Top Companies in the Arab World 2015 List

The company with the highest composite score ranked first.

Some asset managers are biting the construction bullet

Shares priced low enough to buy?

Chris Johns: Volatility in emerging markets offers investor opportunities

Zimbabwe may be a contrarian idea too far

‘Nigeria’s Real Estate Sector to Grow 10% Annually’

The Managing Director of The Infrastructure Bank (TIB), Mr Adekunle Oyinloye, has said the real estate sector is projected to grow by 10 per cent annually in the next 10 years

Africa cybersecurity market expected to reach $2.32 billion by 2020

The Africa cybersecurity market is estimated to grow from $0.92 billion in 2015 to $2.32 billion by 2020

Francophone Africa on the Rise

According to Instinctif Partners’ Africa Insight, the better part of a decade the narrative of ‘Africa Rising’ has become something of a buzzword in and around investment circles.

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