Wealth and Asset Management

Credit Suisse int'l private bank profits rise but EM stunts inflows

Many EMEA ultra-high net worth investors remain optimistic about global markets despite ongoing volatility

Creating Impact—The Promise of Impact Investing

Peter Munga bags Sh50 million ‘thank you’ package from Equity

6 Countries Where Kenyan Billionaires Want to Emigrate

Bad loans cut ABC Bank earnings

Executive Moves

Equity Bank ‘shed 392 employees last year’

AXIS Re names new president of EMEA & Latin America

Fidelity Bank announces appointment of 3 executives

HSBC appoints new CEO for Middle East region

African Development Bank VP Amadou Hott joins new Senegal Cabinet

Mas Appoints New Ceo Werner Behrens

Legal

Former top judge banned from public office for ten years

Africa's Biggest Fund Manager Is Said to Court Banker for CEO

It’s criminal for states not to remit retirement fund – NLC

Alleged fraud : Etiebet wants Access, Diamond Bank merger nullified

Vodacom Tanzania boss arrested over alleged fraudulent use of facilities

KRA boss denies links to tiles firm, cites blackmail

FinTech

Banks need a rapid response to capture the opportunities in digital disruption Mckinsey

Banks use fintech to make up for lost time on financial inclusion

FFA, Standard Bank invest in startups

7.2 million digital financial services users in Africa

Visa Partners PalmPay to Deepen Financial Inclusion Across Africa

African banking moves to digital channels

Retail Banking

Okolea can now send loans direct to bank account

Co-op Bank unveils property arm to firm up mortgage unit

KCB Group makes merger bid for National Bank of Kenya

UBA Grows First Quarter Profit after Tax by 21% to N29 Billion

Egypt’s CIB looks to east Africa for growth

NIC invests $3.5m more in Tanzania banking subsidiary

Investment Banking

Standard Bank experiences difficult domestic operating environment

Citi Expands ETF Servicing Capabilities in EMEA

FBNQuest Merchant Bank Awarded Best Sukuk House

Investment banks record Heavy fall in revenues in Q1, 2019

Further details on Absa Group-Société Générale partnership to be available by Q2, 2019

Absa sees Nigeria expansion plan ready for second half

Alternative Investments

Finserve inks pay deal with e-commerce firm

Buyers of troubled banks eye bargains

Kenyan SMEs stifled by lack of financing

BoG To Clean Forex Bureaus

Rwanda opens doors to UAE investors

Uganda’s current account deficit surges to $2.7 billion

Comment, Analysis & Research

Nigeria: President Buhari commends African Development Bank’s transformative role

Kenya’s growth estimates a mere hype

Development in South Africa: Bridging the Gap

Why Age Gives West African Women More Autonomy And Power

Behind African Alliance’s move to quit brokerage business

Time to take women’s banking needs seriously

Tax

New tax law ‘will push wealthy offshore investors out’

South Africans abroad must prepare for new 'expat tax'

When tax becomes a turning point for people to stay or leave

Kieswetter must make SARS a 'jewel in the state crown' - Judge Davis

Tanzania in plan to establish more mineral trading hubs to fight tax evasion

FG okays tax amnesty for defaulters of offshore assets declaration

Regulation,Tax & Compliance

Tanzania denies blocking release of scathing IMF report

Nigeria Has a New Biggest Bank After Access-Diamond Deal

Kganyago Says South Africa Central Bank Ownership a ‘Zombie Debate’

Nigeria: Govt to Develop Framework for Mobilising Revenue From Non-Oil Sector

The AIIB approves the membership of three African countries

DMO Sells N100bn FGN Bonds Today

ESG

Africa needs proper climate change solutions for sustainable development

The continued rise of sustainable investing - Ocarian

Standard Bank working with ICC to build global best practice in Sustainable Trade Finance

Carbon pricing should drive African development, not hinder it

Contemporary opulence in a sublime reserve-side setting

HSBC sees growth in green finance with low carbon push in Menat region