Wealth and Asset Management

COVID-19 special: Spotlight on sectors

How SA’s dollar-billionaires saw their fortunes decimated in 2020

Consider risk appetite before investment decision – Wealth manager at StanChart

Covid-19: South Africa’s Investec estimates up to 23% hit on profit

6 trends driving investment into Africa

Old Mutual clocks a bruising 5 years

Executive Moves

In the wake of Eskom scandal, two Deloitte directors resign

Stanbic Bank Uganda CEO Patrick Mweheire Appointed Regional CEO, Standard Bank Group

African Development Bank appoints Mrs. Nafissatou N’diaye Diouf Acting Director for Communications and External Relations

African Development Bank appoints Acting Chief Risk Officer

Cas Coovadia appointed permanent CEO of Business Unity South Africa

Cabs appoints Mpofu as MD

Legal

African bank chief accused of multiple violations

Benin Ex-Finance Minister Gets 20 Years in Prison for Fraud

South Africa: Corruption Has Crippled SA's Capacity to Fight COVID-19, Lives Will Be Lost - Corruption Watch

We won’t allow anyone to defraud Nigeria over claim of £2.5 billion, says EFCC

Coronavirus Job Listings and Money Laundering Schemes

Supreme Court of Appeal turns down former Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo's appeal bid

FinTech

Maximising the Cost Effectiveness of the Back Office

Stanbic Bank makes Digital Banking easier with 25% fee reductions amid COVID-19 crisis

Africa Data Centres Acquires Standard Bank’s Data Centre Hub In Johannesburg

Banks set to become the thing in tech

Mobile lenders suspend late payment penalties

Access Bank launches AccessMore mobile app for seamless transactions

Retail Banking

COVID-19: Access Bank delights customers with new mobile app

Fundamental analysis of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated’s share price

SA fleet management startup Payment24 secures Standard Bank investment

Zenith Bank introduces automated voice banking service

Standard Bank may hold on to R8.6bn dividend payment

Nedbank to pay declared dividend in April

Investment Banking

Standard Bank acquires 40% stake in Payment24

Standard Bank unveils 90 day payment holiday for small businesses to soften coronavirus impact

Blue Bank Scoops Best Investment Bank Accolade

Goldman Sachs swims against tide in South Africa

Zimbabwe: African Development Bank Group approves grant for disaster risk management training

The two countries can now fix exchange rates at the beginning of transactions to prevent currency fluctuations.

Alternative Investments

Analyst's grim view of mining after lockdown: 'Pain' for most companies, some won't survive

Foreign investors face reduced dividend income on higher tax

Morocco draws on IMF credit line to support virus hit economy

Special Report on The COVID-19 Epidemic Forecasts (Issue 2)

Are there any safe havens in this global market crash?

SANNE announce new client win

Comment, Analysis & Research

Why one fund manager says the market low was March 26, after the crash from three different shocks

Lockdown Burnout: An employer’s guide to exhausted staff

How the coronavirus crisis has hit South Africa’s richest people

World Bank says sub-Saharan Africa will enter recession in 2020

It’s a battle of wits for EA states to emerge competitive post Covid-19

How investment banks can help finance Africa’s Covid-19 fight

Tax

Stockbrokers threaten to load VAT on investors

Infrastructure, green bond investors to pay levy on interest

UBA bank pre-tax profit soars 347pc to Sh105 million

World Tax Advisor, featuring special COVID-19 section

EDITORIAL: Tackling the big tax-dodgers

Pay Your Tax, FG Tells Nigerians

Regulation,Tax & Compliance

Commodities Markets and Coffee Exchange Regulations gazetted

Cardano Supports South African Bockchain Alliance

Unpacking proposed tax amendments in the Budget

Kenya: key highlights of the Business Laws (Amendment) Act, 2020

Mauritius – tax measures in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19)

Mauritius: capital markets | practical considerations in the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

ESG

Impact insurance crucial in climate change mitigation

Fast pandemic response could tackle climate crisis

Nedbank join green funding line

How Can Brands Boost Immunity Against the COVID-19 Virus

Guarding against the coronavirus, sustainably: Are reuseable face masks the answer?

Powering Africa’s transformation with clean energy

Covid-19

African Development Bank Group unveils $10 billion Response Facility to curb COVID-19

Impact of Covid-19 on SA businesses paints an alarming picture

African Development Bank celebrates milestone with first social bond listing on London Stock Exchange

Seven Ways to Support Charitable Giving Amid The Covid-19 Crisis

Estate Planning During Covid-19

Boon for property buyers as 'coronavirus urgency' strikes