The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa's largest exchange, has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Eris Exchange, a US-based futures exchange group, to list swap futures on the South African Exchange.
The value of announced M&A; transactions involving Sub-Saharan African targets reached $5.7bn during the first quarter of 2015, almost double the value recorded during the same period in 2014 ($2.9bn), according to Thomson Reuters's quarterly investment banking analysis for the SSA region.
Economic woes may be mounting in Zimbabwe, but the country retains strong allure for long-term investors with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, according to Harare-based Imara Edwards Securities.
Questions are being raised about the sustainability of South African exchange traded products (ETP), with some providers finding it harder to achieve enough investable funding.
Eurasia Group and Nikko Asset Management have partnered to offer global investors a risk-controlled means of getting exposure to emerging markets.
Large volumes of good quality commercial and residential property are needed to support the continuing African growth story, according to Matthew Colbourne, associate, international research at Knight Frank.
The Sidra-Ancile Global Structured Trade Investment Fund has become the world’s largest Islamic Structured Trade Investment Fund, after recently surpassing SAR 250m ($66m) under management.
Regardless of who wins the next Nigeria's presidential election, the West African economy is heading for further macroeconomic adjustment, according to Jan Dehn, Head of Research at Ashmore.
Nairobi-based ICEA LION Asset Management (ILAM), an affiliate of the pan-African Imara financial services group, has exceeded $1bn level in assets under management (AUM).
Standard Bank Private Clients will be renamed ‘Wealth and Investment’ to reflect its commitment to adapting its service offering to the evolving needs of its customers as well as to align to global standards for high net worth wealth management.
Global megatrends, such as rapid urbanisation and demographic changes, will drive growth opportunities in the real estate industry across the African continent over the next five years, according to PwC.
North African cities of Cairo, Tunis, Algiers and Casablanca are believed to be among the most dynamic and future focused on the continent, according to the PwC’s first edition of the ‘Into Africa – the continent’s cities of opportunity’ report.
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has started working on the second phase of improving the over the counter (OTC) market mechanisms.
CfC Stanbic Bank and Markit, a financial information services provider, have launched the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for Kenya, a composite index premised on providing the earliest, most accurate and most comprehensive suite of economic indicators in the country.
