11/20/2014
Zimbabwe: Atlas Mara Poised for 100pc Control of BancABC
BancABC has operations in Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Wealth and Asset Management
11/20/2014
Investec Looking for More Wealth-Management Acquisitions
Asset Manager Is Aiming to Reduce Its Dependence on Banking
11/19/2014
Barclays Africa Group: Still good to invest in SA despite issues
Barclays Africa Group’s investment banking unit said South Africa was still offering investors opportunities even amid increased labour unrest, electricity shortages and a slowing economy.
11/17/2014
Fidelity Private Banking Wins the Financial Times “Best Private Bank” Award 2014"
This was announced at the 6th Banking Awards which took place in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday 29th October 2014 over a gala dinner.
11/14/2014
Peregrine has high hopes for Java capital
Java Capital has been a strong player when it comes to offering advice on listed property.
11/13/2014
How to succeed in selling to consumers in South Africa
Doug Smart, KFC's general manager in Africa is mulling the challenges his company faces in appealing to a cross-section of South Africans one morning at a restaurant in Johannesburg.
11/10/2014
Bangera Is Kenya's Newest Paper Billionaire As Wealth Grows
Heril Bangera, founder of cosmetics and plastics manufacturer Flame Tree Group, which listed and began trading at the NSE yesterday, saw his wealth grow by about Sh810 million in hours.
11/09/2014
The Harrow School dropout trying to save the world
One is the creation of a UK sovereign wealth fund, the absence of which he labels “extraordinary”.
11/07/2014
Stonehage, Fleming join forces to advise ultra-rich families
The new group, to be called Stonehage Fleming Family and Partners, will offer wealth management services to more than 250 ultra-rich families.
11/05/2014
Stanbic IBTC Unveils SMEs’ Business-support Initiative
Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has unveiled a nationwide campaign in which operators in the small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) sector will receive robust support to grow their businesses.
11/05/2014
Old Mutual to Invest in African Acquisitions as Sales Slow
Old Mutual is also looking for ways to work more closely with Lome, Togo-based Ecobank Transnational Inc., where Nedbank owns 20 percent.
11/04/2014
Standard Bank Is Africa’s Greenest
Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has been ranked number 19 in the world’s top 20 banks by Bloomberg Markets World’s Greenest Bank Report.
11/04/2014
SG Ghana introduces Gold Visa Card for travellers
The management of the bank including the MD, Mr Gilbert Hie, Deputy Managing Director, Mr Francois Marchal, Head of Retail Distribution, Mr Obed Hoyah, and Head of Privilege Banking, Mr Clement Aryee, in a press launch on Friday presented the Gold Card an
10/31/2014
Zimbabwe Still Critical To Old Mutual – Group CEO
Old Mutual said adjusted operating profit for the period under review surged 17 percent to £761 million in constant currency. Funds under management were up 5 percent to £300.5 billion.
10/30/2014
Global Professional Bodies Award Fidelity Bank as Best Private Bank in Nigeria
Getting to the top is a lot easier than retaining same position
10/28/2014
South African banking group expands in Guernsey
South Africa’s largest bank by market capitalisation and this new branch will bring the total number of licensed banks in Guernsey to 31.
10/24/2014
Investec’s One Place offers clients seamless global banking and investing
the lifting of exchange controls more than a decade ago, a growing number of SA’s high net worth individuals have been placing an increasing proportion of their wealth offshore but this hasn’t been without challenges.
10/20/2014
Old Mutual has billions left in UK after deal
The deal deepens Old Mutual’s commitment to the UK and is a sign that, despite its desire to grow in emerging markets such as Africa, it will not pull out of the UK anytime soon.
10/17/2014
Ecobank launches premier banking in Ghana
Ecobank Ghana has unveiled its dedicated Premier Banking service, which is targeted at the bank’s high net worth customers.
10/14/2014
Rothschild Seeks Partners in Fast-Growing African Markets
NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd., the world’s largest family-owned financial advisory firm, is seeking partners in Africa’s largest economies to help it seize opportunities as growth accelerates.