09/11/2014
Sasfin wants to be a primary bank
Niche financial services company, Sasfin Bank says it is tired of being a secondary bank to its customer base and wants to be a primary bank.
Wealth and Asset Management
09/07/2014
This Island Trumps Nigeria, SA As Most Competitive African Economy
The report titled ‘Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014′ showed that Africa’s economic powerhouses are not competitive enough and this may affect the long-term growth of these economies.
09/07/2014
Ugandan multi-millionaire tycoon Launches Mara Mentor In Ghana
The official launch ceremony took place at the Flag Staff House, Accra on Friday, and was led by Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama and Ashish J Thakkar, Founder of Mara Group & Mara Foundation.
09/05/2014
India's State Bank to Expand African Footprint
The State Bank of India is expanding its footprint in Africa, according to its managing director, Krishna Kumar.
09/05/2014
Credit Suisse combines Europe private bank
Significant progress has been made in solving legacy cross-border tax matters with the aim to finalise by the end of 2015
09/01/2014
'To Invest In Africa You Need Balls Of Steel,' Says Aberdeen Asset Management CEO
You live and you learn: Martin Gilbert, founder and CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management, on low moments, Scottish independence, and investing in Africa.
08/26/2014
Investec offers One Place for banking by wealthy clients
So, for example, a client could see in one platform their offshore Swiss accounts, their rival banking institutional accounts, their UK credit card balance, the value of their art, vintage cars or race horses, and their share options.
08/26/2014
Zambia: New Faces, New Voices - Expanding Women's Role in Financial Sector
Former South African first lady Mama Graca Machel who is the organisation's founder and patron, explained that NFNV is solidly founded on the slogan 'Multiplying Faces, Amplifying Voices, of women across the African continent.
08/25/2014
The mansion that African Bank's riches built
The mansion, known as "African Bank House", has recently sprung up in the small coastal town of Rooi Els, about an hour's drive from Cape Town
08/21/2014
Challenges and opportunities in the monetary policy environment and the new financial services regulatory regime by Daniel Mminele, Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
Address by Mr Daniel Mminele, Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, at the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) Breakfast Briefing, Johannesburg, 13 August 2014.
08/21/2014
Retail Affluent Incorporated Into Old mutual Swaziland
Old Mutual Swaziland has incorporated Retail Affluent which has a fund value of about E200 million into Old Mutual Swaziland.
08/20/2014
Give And Stake: This Is What Nedbank’s Money Means To Ecobank
Ecobank’s CEO Albert Essien said, on Monday, that he was “confident” that South Africa’s Nedbank would convert its $285 million loan to the pan-African bank into shares, top it up with an additional $206 million to get a 20 percent
08/19/2014
Frost & Sullivan Applauds Standard Bank for Delivering Value to its SME Clients by Constantly Innovating across a Variety of Platforms
Standard Bank conducts business the traditional way by assigning a relationship manager to every SME
08/15/2014
Mboweni calls on state to restore Joburg’s prestige
It may be a hard sell — all of the banks, including Standard Bank recently, have rushed in the opposite direction into the cleaner, more affluent climes of the northern suburbs.
08/15/2014
Creating wealth, preserving capital
Capture ratios: How funds participate in market upside and downside.
08/15/2014
IFAs on the hook for collapsed £60m offshore investment scheme
The largest investor backed the venture with £5m, although the majority were smaller investors with between £10,000 and £30,000, and are understood in part to be the clients of UK-based IFAs and wealth managers.
08/14/2014
Banque CIC Suisse Sees Buy Opportunity in African Bank Debt
As African Bank Investments Ltd. (ABL)’s bondholders calculate losses after a central-bank rescue of the South African lender that includes a debt write-down, Banque CIC Suisse sees a buying opportunity.
08/14/2014
Barclays Africa: Wealth offering to expand
Credit card losses also increased from 3,3% to 5%
08/14/2014
Wealth Management’s Profitless Boom Time by Phil Banas
Wealth management is booming, but business is about growing profits, not just revenues
08/07/2014
Old Mutual posts 17 pct jump in H1 underlying profit
The FTSE 100 insurer said, however, that it expected the external conditions for its emerging markets businesses to continue to be challenging in the next six months.