09/23/2014
The rising HNWI profile in Africa
According to the latest studies, there have never been so many high net worth individuals in the world, and they’ve never been richer.
09/21/2014
Myth Busting Family Businesses - KPMG
When most people think of a “family business”, their mind instantly turns to some version of a little corner shop, most likely run by a husband and wife. If not that, as there are famous examples of very successful family businesses, then most
09/19/2014
The bank will face stiff competition in the UK, both from the private banking units within large High Street institutions, such as Barclays and HSBC, as well as established private banks like Coutts.
09/15/2014
Cash-flush FirstRand is not in a hurry to hoist its flag in every country
FirstRand’s targeted range for ROE is 18%-22%, but it reported an increase to 24.2%.
09/15/2014
Investment strategies of wealthy families
Their mandates typically tend to be inflation plus three of inflation plus five percent.
09/11/2014
You might need a bank account in a foreign country for all sorts of reasons.
09/11/2014
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.
09/07/2014
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
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
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, 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
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
Old Mutual Swaziland has incorporated Retail Affluent which has a fund value of about E200 million into Old Mutual Swaziland.
08/20/2014
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
Standard Bank conducts business the traditional way by assigning a relationship manager to every SME
08/15/2014
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.