12/07/2015
Golf's Allure Amid South African Gloom Draws Old Mutual Deal
There may be 150,000 golf-club members in South Africa, the company said, while South African players Branden Grace and Louis Oosthuizen are both ranked in the world’s top 20.
Wealth and Asset Management
12/03/2015
StanChart cuts Angolan banking relationships
"We have taken the decision to exit the U.S. dollar-clearing business and other offshore business we offer to Angolan commercial banks," the bank said in an emailed statement on Wednesday.
12/02/2015
Northern Trust Enhances Global Brokerage Capabilities
Strengthens global trading and transition management services
11/30/2015
This South African native has lost nearly R50 billion in 2015
The 58 year old obtained a bachelor of arts/science degree at the University of Witwatersrand
11/26/2015
'Mauritius financial services sector is truly at a crossroads.' by Graham Sheward, Managing Director of CIM Global Business
According to him, Mauritius has not demonstrated that it is a tax haven and that the country is putting more emphasis on substance. – Interview by Anisha Madayah.
11/25/2015
Argon Asset Management Scoops Two IAIR Awards in Milan
A CEO Summit held before the awards ceremony brought corporate leaders together to discuss leadership, skills and visions for growth.
11/23/2015
DIFC concludes 2015 International Roadshows with Africa visit
Africa is the fastest growing economy in the world
11/23/2015
Brooks Macdonald expands discretionary services in S. Africa
The Global Life Plan is a unit-linked investment plan from leading South African-based provider Glacier International, a division of Glacier by Sanlam.
11/19/2015
RMI Plans $70 Million in South African Asset-Manager Purchases
RMI hired Meyer in September 2014 after appointing Herman Bosman
11/16/2015
An Open Letter To SA Wealth Managers by Joel Burnette, Burnette Associates
I recently had an interesting conversation with my father about investing, saving, and general financial management which absolutely opened my eyes.
11/15/2015
How A South African Billionaire Spends Some Of His Money
The family home is made for resort-style living, boating and low-maintenance, indoor-outdoor entertaining all year round.
11/13/2015
Mercedes-Benz takes consumers to Africa with new editorial content
Mr. Roux notes in the magazine that he recalls how, as a 10-year old in 1958, he recalls sitting at the wheel of an older Unimog model. He went on to train at Mercedes’ South African subsidiary and become an automotive technician.
11/12/2015
Old Mutual teams up businesses for South Africa HNW investors
Old Mutual Wealth is teaming up its various divisions, including Old Mutual International and Quilter Cheviot, to offer an all-round service to investors in South Africa ahead of next year’s Retail Distribution Review.
11/12/2015
Melrose Arch welcomes Sasfin Wealth
The building at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg, which is the new home to Sasfin Wealth’s offices
11/10/2015
Investec Asset Management enters African real estate tie-up
Investec Asset Management has entered into a joint venture to create a pan-African real estate investment business.
11/06/2015
OM boss gets R24m compensation
The losses are in regard to certain deferred bonuses and long-term incentive plans that were in place while he was at Standard Bank
11/06/2015
The rise and fall of a mining company that tried to buy Harrods Lonmin risks entering its final act.
The company, whose businesses spanned gold mining, hotels, textiles and newspapers in 1980s, later focused its efforts on platinum and is the world’s third-largest producer of the metal.
11/03/2015
Maitland wins $30 billion MMI Holdings outsourcing mandate
This follows the merger five years ago of the operating brands of Metropolitan and Momentum to form MMI.
10/23/2015
Nedbank Seeks Low-Risk Clients as South Africa Economy Slows
The bank’s also participating in plans to help state-backed power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. end a power shortage, financing 35 billion rand ($2.6 billion) of renewable-energy projects.
10/20/2015
Standard Bank Wealth and Investment honoured at international global wealth summit
The event, the 25th Private Banker International Global Wealth Summit and Awards brought together private banks, family offices, independent wealth managers and intermediaries in an active discussion of the key issues facing the industry across the world