02/17/2015
Namibian pension fund invests heavily in local markets
Regulation 28 seeks to curtail capital flight from the country and encourage domestic investment.
Alternative Investments
02/17/2015
After Old Mutual entry, what next for UAP
Old Mutual are our strategic investors and also our shareholders
02/17/2015
Breaking the bank: Bitcoins hit Africa's money transfer traditions
CNN Marketplace Africa covers the macro trends impacting the region and also focuses on the continent's key industries and corporations
02/16/2015
Equity banking group cross-lists in Rwanda
He asked the group to take advantage and leadership of the capital markets integration initiative because of the success of business they have had over the last few years which has been able to enhance the welfare of very many people.
02/13/2015
Tanzania: Real Estate Tops List for Badea Funding
The situation in the country is perhaps as good if not better than it has been in the past two decades
02/13/2015
Zambia: Kapumpa Markets Zambia in Korea
KRX Senior Vice-President for Emerging Market Development Steve Dae-Chun Kim said his Exchange was ready to partner with LuSE.
02/12/2015
Atlas Mara completes acquisition of shares from former executives
ATLAS Mara has completed the acquisition of the remaining 414 455 shares held by three former BancABC executives who left the institution at the end of December
02/12/2015
Standard Bank wins South African mandate
Advances in technology have enabled custodians to expand product solutions well beyond their traditional roles of settlement and safekeeping
02/12/2015
Standard Bank Arranges US$1.25 Billion Eskom Bond Sale to International Investors
Johannesburg-based Standard Bank has partnered with Eskom to sell US$1.25 billion 10 year fixed rate bonds into the international capital markets
02/11/2015
GEPF chooses Standard Bank to provide Master Custody
Advances in technology have enabled custodians to expand product solutions well beyond their traditional roles of settlement and safekeeping
02/09/2015
BRICS to pursue Green Global Fund with World Bank cooperation
In a significant move by BRICS, environment ministers of the five member countries are to meet in Moscow in April to discuss taking forward the proposal for creating a Green Global Fund in cooperation with the World Bank to support initiatives that are en
02/09/2015
Zimbabwe: Govt Should Do More to Guarantee Pension Rights
Under these contracts the insurance company undertakes to regularly advise the subscriber of the state of the contract
02/08/2015
Access Bank Ghana continues to blaze the trail in CSR
Another 12,000 persons are also indirect beneficiaries of the numerous projects which were deliberately targeted at critical areas
02/07/2015
Arqaam Capital initiates coverage of Middle East, African telcos
Arqaam Capital has begun coverage of 29 telecom stocks in Middle East and Africa with combined market capitalization of $220 billion and combined daily value traded of $425 million.
02/06/2015
Access targets top 3 slots in banking industry
In the next two years, Access Bank Plc would join the league of the top three banks in the banking sector as proceeds from its ongoing rights issue would help it achieve that the target
02/06/2015
Leading offshore centre signs MOU With South Africa
The MoU supersedes and updates a previous MoU that the two regulators signed in May 2000.
02/06/2015
Sub-Saharan Africa to get its first Eurobond of 2015
As Ivory Coast prepares to sell sub-Saharan Africa’s first Eurobond of 2015, the strengthening dollar risks curbing issuance across the continent as debt payments for governments grow more expensive.
02/06/2015
Investec and State Street commit to another 7 years
Investec Asset Management has extended its relationship with State Street corporation for another seven years
02/06/2015
German Commerzbank Grows African Presence With New Ivorian Office
Global banking and financial services company, Commerzbank AG, has announced the opening of a representative office in Abidjan, the commercial hub of Ivory Coast
02/05/2015
Sanral warns of more failed bond auctions
THE South African National Roads Agency Limited, which on Wednesday failed to raise the R600m it needed at its first bond auction for the year