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Investec arrives in Aus

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... Samuelson leaves his London-base role to become the new managing director at Investec Australia. He began his career in South Africa in 1991 and was a founding member and director of Investec. In South Africa, Samuelson also headed the South African ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket was sluggish at noon following a decline on Wall Street and weaker base metal prices. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had fallen 46.9 points to 6215.8 and the All Ordinaries had lost 42.5 points to 6231.8. On ...

CommSec adds South Africa to BRIC

... invest in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) plus exposure to the commodities-driven of South Africa. "Brazil, Russia, India and China have traditionally been identified as the most significant group of fast-growing, industrialising ...

St George chief moves to Westpac

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... under her helm and is now at over 80 per cent according to a Roy Morgan survey. Kelly began her banking career in South Africa working at Nedcor Bank as general manager in a number of positions including human resources and personal banking. She later ...

Northern Trust appoints new Asia Pacific head

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007
... business. From 1995 on, he held a variety of positions within the bank, most recently as head of Europe, Middle East, and Africa asset servicing 2005, until returning to Chicago in May this year.

PE to re-build South Africa

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
South Africa looks set to receive a helping hand from successful stockbroker Christopher Gardner, the inspiration behind the Will Smith movie The Pursuit of Happyness, who has plans to launch a private equity fund to focus on making South Africa an ...

Water investments the next frontier

... renewable energy." The report also confirmed that water supplies are rapidly depleting particularly in some parts of China, Africa and the Middle East. It also suggested that water would be potentially priced higher to encourage more efficient use of ...

Rich get richer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... boost Europe's HNWI numbers." Rising commodity prices and increased foreign investment from foreign countries has helped Africa's HNWI and GDP growth. Significantly, while there were few changes in global HNWI and UNHWI distributions, the commodities ...

Economic round-up: Market shivers

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... fears that hedge fund losses on risky mortgage securities could be contagious. Meanwhile the end of a general strike in Africa's biggest oil-producing nation Nigeria has sent crude futures climbing. The Dow and S&P 500 were down 185.6 points or 1.4 per ...

IRESS snaps up Spotlight

... Fresh from its recent acquisitions of PlanTech and VisiPlan, IRESS Market Technology is making its presence felt in South Africa with the acquisition of planning software provider Spotlight Interactive for $6.4 million. The South African software business ...