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...
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Stephen van Coller, Chief Executive of CIBW, Absa and Barclays Africa from The Report: South Africa 2013
How do you explain the mismatch between muted growth and performance of the stock exchange?
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Riaan Stassen, Chief Executive, Capitec Bank from The Report: South Africa 2013
Articles & Analysis | Looking for returns: Foreign investors continue to buy up government debt from The Report: South Africa 2013
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...
Articles & Analysis | Kumba: Basic materials from The Report: South Africa 2013
The Company
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...
Articles & Analysis | Rules and tribulations: New regulations strengthen and shape the sector from The Report: South Africa 2013
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...