Wealth and Asset Management

Learning the secrets of wealth management

BMO refocuses Wealth Management business for North American growth, announces sale of EMEA Asset Management business

Global Wealth and Lifestyle Report 2021: Key Findings

Labuan IBFC: The Fastest Growing Captive Insurance Centre in Asia and MENA

Old Mutual finding its mojo

Sanlam posts Sh78m loss on higher claims

Executive Moves

Standard Bank Group Appoints New Chief Executive For Africa Regions

Guernsey Finance appoints dedicated representative in South Africa

African Bank appoints new CEO

IQ-EQ appoints Head of Tax in Mauritius

Kennedy Bungane appointed new African Bank CEO

Northern Trust Names Head of Institutional Investor Group, EMEA

Legal

Independent escrow and treasury intermediary support vital during financial restructuring

South African exchange control – relaxation of loop structures

Ex-Ecobank manager seeks Sh200m in suit

Auctions return as loan defaults hit 13-year high

Third party funding in South Africa litigation

REFILE-UPDATE 1-Swiss supreme court reverses freeze on Angolan tycoon's $900 mln fortune

FinTech

Standard Bank customers embrace digital insurance solutions

FNB terminates Ayo Technology’s banking facilities

Absa Africa, Amazon Launch Cloud Computing Incubator

Why is Crypto Adoption Growing in Africa?

Five things Absa learnt as the first large corporate to adopt the .Africa domain

Fundkiss becomes first African company to hold bespoke P2P lending licence

Retail Banking

Ecobank and Orabank hold 42% of Togo’s banking market share

Absa Shuts $6 Billion Mutual Fund, Sparking Spin-Off Speculation

Standard Bank cautions govt on rising debt levels

BoG direct banks, SDIs not to pay dividends

Capitec Bank resumes dividend payment despite a slump in earnings

African core banking vendor AppZone lands $10 million in new funding

Investment Banking

Severe drop in fees generated in sub-Saharan region, data shows

Deutsche Bank bolsters European Spac expertise ahead of expected boom

World’s Best Investment Banks 2021: M&A

World’s Best Investment Banks 2021: Global Winners

FirstBank Disburses N58bn to 81,000 Female-owned Businesses

StanChart staff costs increase by Sh540m on retrenchment

Alternative Investments

Nigeria joins Middle East’s Digital Cooperation Organization at first meeting

African Bank’s New CEO Looks to Expansion After Industry Hiatus

Insurance profits surge despite Covid-19 fallout

Allianz Insurance and UBA Ghana forge bancassurance partnership

A closer look at gender-lens investing

5 possible reasons why Absa just killed SA’s third biggest unit trust

Comment, Analysis & Research

How innovation is pushing Nigeria’s financial inclusion drive [Opinion]

Is Africa heading for a crisis?

CFOs in Global Survey Reveal Pandemic Has Fundamentally Altered How They Hire and Manage Their Workforce

7% growth in global reinsurance capital, with signs of underlying combined ratio improvement: Willis Re

South African and Kenyan banks may beat Nigeria to post-Covid recovery

Highest paid Nigerian bank MD/CEOs of 2020

Tax

Tax, costs ‘bigger threat to businesses than Covid-19’

Bond, tax payments drain market liquidity

A new dispensation and a potential retirement fund tax bomb for emigrants from South Africa

Tax evaders should consider if evasion is still worth the risk

Treasury pledges to IMF Covid cash audit release

Survey: 47% of Financial Services’ Organisations Do Not Have Tax Policy

Regulation,Tax & Compliance

Kenya proposes 'investor friendly' PPP law reforms

Finance Ministry 'closely monitoring' BBS saga

Breaking down your offshore allowance

Mauritius updates to the Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism handbook

KRA targets Sh81bn on removal of tax reliefs for wealthy

Banks’ Impairment Charges Soar by 113% to N228bn

ESG

Willis Towers Watson commits its delegated investment portfolios to net zero

Climate change remains the biggest threat to the built environment and Future of Africa's cities

Climate Chaos: NGOs Name Top Banks Who Put $3.8 Trillion Into Fossil Fuels

African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank announced by institutional investors

Old Mutual buys majority stake in solar project

Providing Timely ESG Information Is Becoming More Crucial for CFOs

Covid-19

CBK upbeat on vaccine lift to Kenya economy amid curbs

Workplace Stress During COVID-19: 5 Ways to Support Your Employees’ Mental Well-being

Rand continues to slide over fears of Covid-19 variant and tougher lockdown restrictions for South Africa

Africa’s billionaires – from Motsepe to Dangote – fight to stamp out Covid-19

Corona still a threat to Kenya's economy - Oigara

Govt Mulls Inclusion of Covid-19 Tests Into Health Insurance Schemes