06/03/2014

RenCap bags Badr to ramp up MENA business

Renaissance Capital has hired Ahmed Badr as head of Middle East and North African equities and the chief executive of its new Dubai office the company announced on Tuesday.

05/23/2014

UBS shuffles advisory pack in EMEA

To oversee its mergers and acquisitions team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as Switzerland’s largest bank overhauls management of the business.

05/14/2014

Head of media banking leaves Credit Suisse

The head of media investment banking for Credit Suisse in Europe, the Middle East and Africa has left the bank, at a time when global deal value in the sector is at its highest since 2000.

05/12/2014

Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti Speaks on His Exit Plan

Come July 31, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Skye Bank Plc, Mr. Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti, will be stepping aside from the bank where he has been calling the shot for the past four years as CEO.

05/09/2014

Kenya: Competition watchdog hires firm to probe banks

The Competition Authority of Kenya has hired a South African consultant to probe the banking sector's market structure in a bid to identify possible barriers to competition, transparency and consumer protection.

04/22/2014

Bank veteran to head state pension fund

The Government Employees Pension Fund, South Africa’s biggest institutional investor with more than R1-trillion in assets, last Thursday elected former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank Renosi Mokate chairman of the new board.

04/16/2014

RBS rates trading co-head takes time off

The co-head of rates trading for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific at Royal Bank of Scotland is to take a sabbatical, amid a difficult time for the UK bank.