15 Mar
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Virtu Financial has announced a non-exclusive co-operation agreement with emerging markets specialist Arqaam Capital (Arqaam) to deploy Virtu’s global equity execution algorithms to clients in Middle-Eastern and North Africa (MENA) markets.
24 Jan
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IQ-EQ has launched Hybrid Funds Desk that will provide the burgeoning hybrid funds market with a dedicated, globally integrated team with expertise across open-ended and closed-ended fund structures.
25 Nov
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Verdant Capital has advised WIOCC on its $80m private equity capital raise to expand its connectivity within Africa and internationally, and to launch a network of pan-African data centres.
11 Nov
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Mazars corporate finance division (Mazars) and Cala Capital Africa (formerly Neu Capital Africa) have merged their capital raising advisory capabilities to establish Africa’s mid-market capital raising practice.
20 Oct
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Renaissance Capital, in the capacity of joint global co-ordinator and joint bookrunner, has completed an EGP5.84bn ($372m) initial public offering (IPO) for e-finance, an Egyptian state-owned fintech company.
19 Oct
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Preqin has announced major updates to its ESG Solutions, the only product suite to provide private market participants with a 360-degree view of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk, impact and opportunity — across LPs and GPs, down to portfolio and private company levels.
10 Aug
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Charles Russell Speechlys has advised Metier, a South African private equity fund manager, on a $39m investment into Africa Mobile Networks (AMN).
15 Jul
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EFG Hermes Kenya has launched an online equity-trading platform, EFG Hermes One, which will see the Firm offer retail investors seamless and convenient stock trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).
23 Jun
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Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing, and reference data services, has launched Foreign Ownership Limitations (FOL) service.
8 Jun
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Bloomberg has announced the expansion of its global equity index range, including emerging market country benchmarks, sector, and thematic index capabilities.
13 May
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Curo Fund Services, South Africa’s largest third-party administrator, has gone live with Temenos Multifonds Global Accounting platform, completing the first phase migration of funds from its five legacy systems to a single instance of Temenos’ funds administration platform.
28 Apr
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AZA Finance has agreed to acquire cross-border payments specialist Exchange4Free, making it the largest non-bank provider of FX treasury services across Africa.
22 Apr
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Dentons has combined with Adepetun, Caxton-Martins, Agbor & Segun (ACAS-Law), a Nigerian law firm, giving the firm a presence in the key locations of Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt.
23 Mar
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Belgian financiers Jacques Emsens and Christophe de Limburg Stirum have invested in Afriwise, an online legal-information solution across Africa, joining the company’s board of directors.