25 May
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EFG Hermes Holding has rebranded to EFG Holding to ensure the brand evolves in line with the Group’s expansion across three distinct verticals: EFG Hermes, the investment bank, EFG Finance, the non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) platform, and aiBANK, the commercial bank.
17 May
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Volition Cap, an asset management company empowering the hardworking middle-class to create wealth, has secured a fund management license from the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as of December 2022.
3 Apr
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Stanlib has combined its multi-asset investment activities into a single centre managed by the existing Stanlib Multi-Strategy investment team.
27 Mar
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The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global body for exchanges and CCPs, has introduced its industry-wide WFE Green Equity Principles, the first global framework for designating stocks and shares as green.
27 Mar
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Shares in Premier Group have begun trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), giving investors exposure to a major South African food and consumer packaged goods (CPG) business.
28 Feb
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Global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has placed South Africa on its so-called grey list.
19 Jan
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Failure to invest the bare minimum needed to withstand projected climate damage could cost emerging markets hundreds of billions in climate damages and lost GDP growth this decade, according to a new study by Standard Chartered.
8 Dec
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Sanlam and Absa have merged their investment management businesses in South Africa.
19 Oct
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Standard Bank has successfully syndicated an up to $306m sustainability-linked debt refinancing facility for pan-African impact real estate investment and management company, GRIT Real Estate Income Group (GRIT).
13 Oct
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African countries have responded positively to the need to develop domestic financial markets to protect economies from external shocks, according to the OMFIF’s 2022 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index.
7 Oct
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Agrarius Sustainability Engineered has launched Africa's first JSE listed R10bn Shari’ah compliant sustainability related note programme in the agriculture sector value chain.
24 Aug
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Moody’s has assigned the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) a foreign currency long-term issuer rating of A2 with a stable outlook.
18 Aug
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Fitch Ratings has downgraded Ghana's Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'CCC' from 'B-'.
1 Jul
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AFEX, Nigeria’s commodities exchange and commodities market player, announces its expansion into Kenya, following a successful pilot phase in the most diversified economy in East Africa.
