06/24/2015
South Africans still wary of online banking
Conversely, an overall majority of South African bank customers (64%) feel vulnerable when conducting online transactions.
Comment, Analysis & Research
06/24/2015
Dubai leads Middle East and Africa hotel construction
An exclusive new report published for The Hotel Show Dubai 2015 reveals that Dubai is leading the Middle East and Africa for new hotel developments with 96 total projects and 36,523 rooms in the pipeline.
06/24/2015
Fitch: Consolidation Will Be Positive for Kenya's Banks
The highly fragmented sector is unable to service the financing needs of some major infrastructure projects.
06/23/2015
The lafferty rating and Nigerian banks
In terms of their overall quality, Lafferty Bank Ratings reports that Nigerian banks rank well among banks across the world.
06/23/2015
Africa’s 2015 growth second only to Asia: IMF
Africa will continue to record strong growth in 2015, according to new GDP figures forecasted by the International Monetary Fund.
06/23/2015
Africa’s 2015 growth second only to Asia: IMF
Africa will continue to record strong growth in 2015
06/23/2015
Global Demand For Luxury Homes Strong in the EMEA Region As Ultra Wealthy Buyers Look To Diversify Holdings
Ultra wealthy individuals are buying up luxury homes around the world to further diversify their holdings, according to a new report by Wealth-X and the Sotheby's International Realty® brand released today.
06/22/2015
In medium to long term SA banks will remain dominant in Africa, says EY
EMILIO Pera is financial services sector leader at EY.
06/19/2015
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.
06/19/2015
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.
06/19/2015
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.
06/18/2015
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
06/18/2015
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.
06/17/2015
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
06/17/2015
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
06/17/2015
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
06/17/2015
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
06/16/2015
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.
06/16/2015
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
06/16/2015
Building the bridges and benefitting
The Investor: Pension funds look twice at infrastructure investments.