08/16/2021
The report also added that the industry’s annual contributions, over the last five years, had averaged N699bn while withdrawals had averaged about N341bn, translating to a net annual contribution of N347bn and accounting for 26.6 per cent of the ind
08/15/2021
Closes the period at Sh3.5 billion.
08/13/2021
With the rising cost of living in South Africa – thanks to fuel hikes, food price increases and electricity well above inflation – the needle on take-home pay in the country has hardly moved over the last 4-5 years.
08/13/2021
Claims in its individual life unit hit R4.75bn last year, with a 60% increase in funeral claims alone, largely attributed to Covid-19.
08/13/2021
‘Two-bucket’ system proposed to safeguard retirement savings
08/12/2021
The rise in sales reflected favourable growth momentum in unit-linked business and protection products, together with the corporate savings business, accounting for 90% of APE sales over the first half of the year, it said.
08/12/2021
Starting with a total of 31 renewable energy assets from the founding partners, African Rainbow Energy will invest in projects including solar, wind and battery storage.
08/11/2021
"His values, passion and clarity of thought became entrenched in the fabric of the business, proving invaluable and contributing to the success and growth of the Fund for over ten years," wrote Investec Property Fund when it announced his passin
08/11/2021
The good news is that wherever your SME is in its growth curve, affordable cloud-based business solutions and ecosystems make backend process support — previously reserved for larger companies — available to even the smallest sole proprietor,
08/10/2021
The question is then not about whether a UBIG should be implemented, but rather how it should be designed and financed.
08/10/2021
This collaboration will provide the bank access to Network International’s advanced digital infrastructure, allowing it to better meet its customers’ payment and card needs in Africa.
08/10/2021
Retirement funds are on their own to select just where they want to go and how to go about it, and perhaps that’s a good thing
08/09/2021
The transaction is expected to be concluded in the third quarter (July-September) of this year subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.
08/09/2021
"Voting will be based on polls conducted on all categories at different times," Zharare said.
08/09/2021
Meanwhile, the list of female CEOs in listed companies has also seen some prominent names crossed off, like Basani Maluleke's unceremonious departure from African Bank and Lizé Lambrechts's imminent early retirement from Santam.
08/06/2021
Botswana gets about 30% of its revenues and 70% of its foreign exchange earnings from diamonds
08/06/2021
More than 40% of Nigerians, or 82.9 million people, are classified as poor based on their real per-capita expenditure of less than 137,430 naira ($334) a year, 2019 data from the National Bureau of Statistics show.
08/06/2021
“Employers do not pay or choose to be on the list of employers evaluated and students themselves decide on which employers should be included by voting employers on or off the list.”
08/06/2021
Old Mutual’s head of research, Lynette Nicholson, said: “There is no doubt that consumers are having to take a much closer look at the way they manage their money, and many are having to adapt their lifestyles to survive.”
08/06/2021
Economists have described Godongwana, who is currently the head of the ANC's economic transformation subcommittee in the national executive committee and chairperson of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), to Fin24 as a safe pair of hands