03/14/2016
Old Mutual Emerging Markets could list as early as 2018
The recent takeover of investment manager Quilter Cheviot is starting to reap dividends.
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03/14/2016
Sanlam seeks regulators' nod to acquire 23% stake in Shriram life & general insurance firms
Post the acquisition direct and indirect stakes will be 23 % & 26 % respectively
03/14/2016
Ashburton Investments brings four funds to the UK
Managed by AAA-rated Jonathan Schiessl, and Simon Finch, the fund invests across all market caps
03/11/2016
Mozambique proposes ‘tuna’ bond restructuring
The bond was sold as a plan to create a national fishing industry for the southern African country via Ematum — a tuna-fishing company backed by the state.
03/11/2016
Old Mutual to split into four businesses
The process should be completed by the end of 2018, the group said on Friday, as it sketched out the details of a keenly-anticipated strategic review.
03/10/2016
AfDB empowered to disburse Green Climate Fund in Africa
The African Development Bank has won Green Climate Fund accreditation, meaning funds can now be channelled to the continent through the bank as an implementing agency.
03/09/2016
FirstRand looks to UK expansion as African market starts to slow
The plan comes as growth in the South African economy — its largest market — slows and amid fears of a sovereign credit downgrade to junk.
03/08/2016
RMIH betting on UK for next big investment
These businesses are respectively worth R20 billion and R10 billion to the investment holding company.
03/07/2016
Fund managers must be rigorous when assessing executive teams
That balance is now slowly moving in the right direction.
03/07/2016
Africa’s equity market poised for a strong showing in 2016
As much as there are headwinds that have come through our way, not all markets have been affected
03/03/2016
Actis agrees to sell Emerging Markets Payments
EMP today has the broadest footprint of any payments business in the region.
03/03/2016
African firms to launch more IPOs
Baker & McKenzie, is a leading law firm by deal count for mergers and acquisitions in emerging markets.
03/03/2016
Mozambique at the heart of Southern African development as regional players gather
This vibrant region has experienced many positive developments in recent years
03/02/2016
Network International to Buy Emerging Markets Payments Group
Dubai-based company paying over $300 million to expand in Middle East and Africa
03/02/2016
Africa private equity fundraising to fall this year - association
The value of private equity deals in Africa dropped to $2.5 billion last year from $8.1 billion in 2014, though there were more deals worth less than $250 million.
03/02/2016
Huge trade finance opportunities in Africa
We really believe that the labour force from a cost perspective is becoming increasingly competitive globally.
02/29/2016
African Investors Show Appetite For South Africa’s Property Market
New World Wealth indicates a continuous rise in the proportion of African buyers who made up 24 percent of all foreign investors in the local residential property in 2015, as opposed to just seven percent in 2007.
02/29/2016
Liberty customers demand value for money, says CEO
Insurer elects to discontinue its rewards programme.
02/29/2016
Africa’s Richest Woman Draws Scrutiny Over Source of Wealth
The economic situation today is difficult,” said Isabel dos Santos
02/26/2016
FirstRand Unit Says Currency Curbs Cap Nigerian Investments
The situation looks unlikely to change “until we see more foreign currency availability or an exchange rate at the level where the market wants to clear,’’ he said in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.