09/20/2021
The recovery of the bank's profits, some to much better-than-expected levels in the first half of 2021, came down to better economic performance, especially in sectors like mining.
09/17/2021
Following a rebasing and benchmarking exercise by Stats SA last month, the South African economy contracted 6.4% in 2020 and not 7% as reported previously.
09/13/2021
Most of the loans from the World Bank were also tied to a programme or an infrastructure project.
09/13/2021
“For South Africans battling longer-term illness due to mental illness, disability insurance can be a crucial financial aid to long-term recovery and well-being.”
09/10/2021
From a South African perspective, there have also been substantial changes in the tax system over the last 20 years.
09/10/2021
This event will affect capital flows to the emerging market economies, but the impact could be less severe if commodity prices remain relatively firm and the global recovery continues.
09/08/2021
The SS&C Intralinks Deal Flow Predictor forecasts the number of future M&A announcements by tracking early-stage M&A activity
09/07/2021
Indeed, Covid-19 has played spoilsport in the economic growth of the country, and for the entire world.
09/07/2021
However, the confidence levels of middle-income households, earning between R2,500 and R20,000 per month, slipped further from -9 to -10 index points.
09/06/2021
It will have five major divisions: banking, insurance, investment, property and agriculture.
09/06/2021
The newly published research report, ‘Digital Identity - A South African Journey’, commissioned by BankservAfrica and conducted by PwC, maps out the uniquely South African Digital Identity story.
09/06/2021
Launching aggressive M&A plans to capture market opportunities
09/06/2021
We anticipate that Mozambique’s GDP will grow 2.8% this year
09/06/2021
The new base year for the national accounts is 2015
09/06/2021
In South Africa, many good businesses are cheap
09/02/2021
Whereas most millionaires are known to the public, some are less recognisable even though they run multi-billion businesses.
09/02/2021
The group said that there was a steady improvement in product mix over the year, with transaction accounts and credit cards making up over 80% of new business.
08/30/2021
Standard Bank’s new business model, detailed in a report released earlier this month, will allow it to act as a platform for other products and services as it aims to increase its client base from 15-million to over 25-million by 2025.
08/27/2021
At 4.03 in 2021 Q2, the year-on-year CDI is tracking lower than the all-time high of 5.68 observed in 2020 Q2, following the initial level 5 lockdown imposed on 27 Mar 2020.
08/27/2021
Central banks are creatures of their society. Society creates institutions and gives them a particular responsibility.