03/04/2015
Middle East and Africa private wealth set to hit $7.2t by 2018
Even with the slide in oil prices, the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region is still a major source of substantial wealth creation.
03/04/2015
The 2015 Euromoney Private Banking Survey has awarded AfrAsia Bank, several accolades for private banking services, the most prominent being Best Private Bank in Mauritius 2015
03/03/2015
It's not just Julius Malema: Inside SA's 'super luxury' watch market
They start at about R100 000 and there are more and more men who must have them
03/03/2015
Sanlam rebrands in ‘final hurdle’ of global development
The UK arm of one of South Africa’s largest life assurance companies, Sanlam Group, has rebranded as the group looks to mark its global growth
02/27/2015
The company is leading the Wealth Movement, working with crowdfunders around the world, 21st century businesses and governments to help an extra one billion people to become investors in real estate over the next five years.
02/26/2015
The objectives of the event are to inspire the intermediaries; reinforce Old Mutual’s commitment to support them, launch new products and promote customer-centricity.
02/23/2015
Unfortunately, the reality is that affording a private school education is going to become harder, not easier in future.
02/22/2015
AFRINVEST Asset Management Limited has been named the “Best Asset Management– Nigeria” in the Wealth and Finance International magazine Finance Awards 2014
02/19/2015
In this advice column Marteen Michau from Sanlam Private Wealth answers questions from a reader who needs more information on estate planning
02/19/2015
New leaks from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) reveal that wealthy East Africans collectively stored up $795.4 million in Swiss banks sometime between 2006 and 2007.
02/19/2015
Scramble to explain wealth as HSBC leak reveals hidden hundreds of millions
02/17/2015
Defending the stinking rich
FirstRand chairman Laurie Dippenaar warns against trying to lambast the rich, and that their contribution to the world is much more than only their wealth
02/15/2015
Banking giant HSBC reportedly threatened Sunday Times over an article published by the South African weekly last week that showed that wealthy locals held more than R23 billion (about US$2 million) in secret Swiss bank accounts
02/11/2015
As a result of its geographic location close to Africa, time zone and extensive range of double tax agreements, Mauritius has become a desirable location from which to do international business particularly into Africa and India.
02/11/2015
The number of Africans with $30 million in assets - the ultra high net worth individual - is anticipated to rise by 53% to 2,858 by 2023, far outstripping the average pace of growth across the rest of the world and there are likely to be 38 billionaires o
02/09/2015
Wealth Managers Target African Millionaires
Banks based in Geneva, London, New York and the Channel Islands have long been the preferred service providers to Africa’s ultra-wealthy
02/09/2015
SNI could sell at least 19 percent of one of Morocco and Africa's biggest banks for an estimated 900 million euros ($1 billion)
02/08/2015
The number of South African dollar billionaires is shrinking, showing that amid trying economic times, even the super wealthy take a knock.
02/06/2015
WEALTH management company Citadel is consolidating its equity teams with that of Cannon Asset Managers as part of JSE-listed Peregrine group’s plans of creating synergies and optimising its wealth offering.
02/05/2015
State Street Corporation has extended its relationship with Investec Asset Management for another seven years to provide full middle office and fund accounting services across the UK, South Africa, Luxembourg and the United States.