SunGard has announced the opening of its East African office in Nairobi, Kenya, executing on its strategy of achieving accelerated growth in East Africa.
Misys, a financial software company, has launched Misys FusionBanking Essence Islamic, a major new component in its banking platform, Misys FusionBanking Essence.
One Stone Global, an independent SEC registered investment adviser, has acquired the US office of Old Mutual Global Index Trackers, Old Mutual's South African passive portfolio management business.
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) has signed a cooperation agreement with Qatar National Bank ALAHLI (QNB ALAHLI) to provide securities services to international institutional investors and corporates in Egypt.
A Louis Berger-led consortium has won a 2.3m euro ($2.57m) technical assistance contract for the Burkina Faso Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Artisans and various professional organizations that support private sector development.
Oxford Economics, the UK-based economic advisory firm, has revealed its plans to acquire a majority stake in NKC Independent Economists for an undisclosed amount.
FTSE Group has collaborated with Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers, Nigeria’s largest pension fund, on the development of the FTSE Nigeria Investable Pension Fund (IPF) Benchmark.
S&P; Capital IQ, a business unit of McGraw Hill Financial, has announced the availability of expanded research and data from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on its proprietary research platform.
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (Deutsche AWM) has gone live with Eagle Investment Systems’ data management solution to support its EMEA operations.
Beltone Financial, a regional investment bank headquartered in Egypt, has become the first market maker on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), providing liquidity on the bourse’s recently launched Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) that tracks the EGX30 index called XTMisr.
Parametric Portfolio Associates, a majority-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., with more than $136.5bn client assets under management, has selected the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index as the benchmark for their Parametric Emerging Markets Small Cap strategy.
GMEX Technologies, part of the Global Markets Exchange Group International (GMEX Group) and Avenir Technology, the UK based post-trade software firm, have partnered with the Agricultural Commodity Exchange for Africa (ACE).
Alexander Forbes, South Africa’s largest pension fund administrator, has revealed its plans on making acquisitions in Tanzania and Ghana later this year.
PTA Bank has appointed Imara Fiduciary as the security agent to facilitate the extension of a $70m loan to PPC Zimbabwe to fund the construction of a new cement factory in Harare.
