04/01/2014
Private equity fund manager Partners Launches Africa Property Fund
Private equity fund manager is set to start a second property fund which will invest $250 million in Nigeria and other African countries’ urban real estate.
04/01/2014
We also like Hyprop's strategy of venturing into the rest of the African continent through its tie-up with Atterbury
04/01/2014
With over €20 billion reported sales in 2013, JLL was ranked top by investment volume across all major sectors: office, retail, industrial and hotels by RCA .
04/01/2014
Investment firm Citadel Capital, is eyeing major investment opportunities in regional cement, agribusiness, energy, transport and mining sectors.
04/01/2014
Old Mutual PLC Tuesday said its transaction to acquire a majority share in Faulu Microfinance Bank Ltd, the deposit-taking microfinance business in Kenya, has become unconditional.
03/31/2014
More gains are in store as the rand rallies.
03/31/2014
In a case of clear and avoidable conflicts of interest, financial services company Riscura, which, among other things, advises major retirement funds on investments, has raked in millions of rands from asset managers it has recommended in the past.
03/28/2014
African Internet Holding’s online real-estate startup Lamudi has responded to warnings of slow growth in emerging markets, saying that selected emerging markets remained promising locations for business investment.
03/27/2014
State-owned China Development Bank, which lends across the world on behalf of Beijing, signed its second pact in a week with a Western bank to cooperate in Africa.
03/26/2014
For he first time since 2002, South African fund managers are wary of investing in local equities as they expect negative returns.
03/26/2014
“If you’re not going to put money in real estate, where else?,” quips Samir Tapir who invested most of his money in New York real estate in the 1990s and subsquently became a billionaire in 2002.
03/26/2014
The IPD South Africa Annual Property Index shows that the South African investment property sector delivered a stable 15.3% total return in 2013.
03/26/2014
Three United Bank For Africa subsidiaries, UBA Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Senegal have emerged World’s Best Emerging Market Banks in Africa
03/26/2014
Barclays and the state-run China Development Bank Corporation have rewritten their long-standing partnership to include deal-making in Africa, providing further evidence of China's ambitions on the continent.
03/20/2014
Precious metals ETFs, which issue securities backed by physical metal, have proved a popular way to invest in the sector
03/17/2014
Mexican multi-billionaire's Inbursa to acquire Standard Bank Group's Brazil unit
Grupo Financiero Inbursa, the bank controlled by Mexican multi-billionaire Carlos Slim, said it had agreed to acquire the Brazilian unit of South Africa's Standard Bank Group for approximately $45 million.
03/17/2014
Last year was one to forget for insurers that have identified the mass market as their area of growth.
03/14/2014
Jersey-based Veronika Pechlaner, who manages the Ashburton Global Leaders Equity Fund together with investment director Nick Lee, said: "Our focus is on finding 20 quality mega-caps, which are global leaders within attractive industries.
03/14/2014
Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has been recognised as the best sub-custody provider in Zimbabwe in Global Investor magazine’s annual Sub-custody Survey.
03/13/2014
Mint resumes making coins for Botswana
The Royal Canadian Mint is pleased to announce that it has produced a new series of multi-ply plated steel circulation coins on behalf of the Bank of Botswana.