The Treasury’s wide-ranging financial reform over the next three years will affect South Africa’s insurance sector in at least three distinct ways. Four key objectives have defined the reforms of the financial sector: preserving financial stability, ensuring consumer protection and fair market conduct, extending financial inclusion and cracking...
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Articles & Analysis | Regulatory changes: The authorities look to tighten rules of the game to boost market oversight from The Report: South Africa 2013
Articles & Analysis | Sasol: Integrated oil & gas from The Report: South Africa 2013
The Company
Sasol is an integrated oil and gas company with substantial chemical interests, headquartered in South Africa, where it has a leading 35% share of the country’s liquid fuels...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Dube Tshidi, Executive Officer, Financial Services Board (FSB) from The Report: South Africa 2013
What is the rationale behind the implementation of the “twin peaks” regulatory structure?
Articles & Analysis | Nedbank: Banking from The Report: South Africa 2013
The Company
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...
Articles & Analysis | Plenty of ambition: Opportunities exist to scale up expansion in Africa and scale down policies to attract lower-income clients from The Report: South Africa 2013
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...