Nedbank is the fourth-largest bank in South Africa, by asset size, providing wholesale and retail banking services, insurance and asset management. Nedbank’s headquarters are in Sandton, Johannesburg and it has branches and representative...
As the continent’s most developed insurance sector, South Africa’s insurance market accounts for some 52% of African non-life premiums. It presents fundamentals for significant growth in coming years, with insurance penetration of some 12.9%, according to global accountancy PwC. The domestic life and non-life segments rank 13th and 19th in size...
The fixed-income market in South Africa is by far the largest on the continent, accounting for 96% of the value of all African bonds, and it has exhibited significant growth in recent years, with the value of notes in circulation reaching about R1.4trn ($170.7bn) in 2012, up from R650bn ($79.2bn) in 2004. Around two-thirds of this total is...
Banks face a rapidly evolving regulatory framework in the coming years, with 2013 in particular marking a watershed. While South Africa’s score for financial regulation and the soundness of its banks in the World Economic Forum’s annual “Global Competitiveness Report” has improved from sixth in 2009 to second in 2012, the rules are changing fast...
Kumba is a listed iron ore miner and a 65%-held subsidiary of global diversified miner Anglo American, benefitting from group procurement and mine optimisation strategies. Kumba was formed by a demerger in 2001 from South African integrated...
Portfolio consists of 41 externally managed properties, with a 47:53 split between industrial and office exposure by market value. Through this portfolio, Growthpoint effectively provides more than 5.4m sq metres of retail, office and industrial space to South African and Australian businesses.
Despite a weak macroeconomic backdrop and domestic...
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