Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 461 - 470 of 561 results for "Africa"

South Africa and Brazil take ESG lead

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... holdings followed by Samsung Electronics in South Korea, China Mobile and Taiwan Semiconductor. While Brazil and South Africa were identified for their good work on ESG, survey participants said the biggest challenge of investing in emerging markets ...

Nigerians seek CFA certificate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... 1,000 Nigerian finance executives signed up for the CFA program. This means the country had the second most participants in Africa, said Emily Dunbar, director of society relations for Europe, Middle East and Africa. "Our visit to the country has been ...

Northern Trust targets EMEA pensions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... management and asset servicing divisions and launching the Retirement Solutions Practice to the European, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The practice includes a dedicated team that will provide the region's pension funds with advice across investments ...

State Street wins $8b Rio mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
... service providers," said Steve Smit, head of State Street's Investor Services business in the United Kingdom, Middle East and Africa. State Street provides investment services for pension assets globally, including 10 of the largest pension funds worldwide. ...

Rwanda calls for $770m fund injection

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... glass, cement and others is very high," she explained. The Republic of Rwanda, a small landlocked country in east-central Africa, is home to over 10 million people who mostly engage in subsistence agriculture. The country's major export markets include ...

Russell revamps structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... lines will be managed by at least one global head. Johan Cras was appointed head of the firm's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Janine Balbridge, was appointed global head of consulting and advisory services and John Stannard and Don Ezra ...

IMF and Swan riding on doom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
What are they up to? What do they hope to accomplish? I am talking, of course, about the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and our very own Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan. What do they have in common? Both still have not learned their lessons. Both want ...

AXA recruits 13 overseas planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
AXA Australia is taking its financial planning recruitment drive overseas, adding 13 planners from South Africa and the UK to the dealer group. Paul Williams, national manager for AXA Financial Planning and Charter Financial Planning, said the firm ...

Global debt volumes jump one-third

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... last year, driven by Asia and Japan. But rather than the surge expected from the US, combined Europe, the Middle east and Africa jumped 76 per cent while debt issuance from the Americas fell 5 per cent. Asian debt issuance growth at 45 per cent is however ...

BRIC to BIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... markedly." Roex said the majority of PE funds believe the risks of investing into Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Africa, have increased significantly in the past year. Sarah Alexander, EMPA president, said, "Investors recognize that emerging ...