Two important changes were announced in late 2011 that are likely to boost activity on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE): the reclassification of foreign-domiciled companies on the JSE as local listings and a cross-listing initiative with an alliance of exchanges from the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) emerging market bloc. As these initiatives are carried...
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Articles & Analysis | Global ambitions: Taking steps to increase ties with international businesses and investors from The Report: South Africa 2012
Articles & Analysis | Diversifying funding sources: Corporate bonds are becoming more popular in locally based banks from The Report: South Africa 2012
While international bond issuance slowed slightly in 2011, dropping 5.3% to $3.37trn from the $3.39trn the previous year according to Bloomberg, debt issuance by African sovereigns and corporates outside the northern Arab states hit a record high of $12.4bn in 2011, a 17% rise on 2010, as data from Dealogic show. Corporate debt issuances in South...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Nicky Newton-King, CEO, Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) from The Report: South Africa 2012
Articles & Analysis | Barloworld: General industrial & support services from The Report: South Africa 2012
THE COMPANY: Barloworld, founded in 1902 to sell wool products, is a South African-based engineering equipment retailer. Charles Barlow expanded the business into the distribution and servicing of Caterpillar equipment in 1927. Since 1927 the company became one of Caterpillar’s leading dealerships in...
Articles & Analysis | A consistent performer: Local, regional and international players compete in this dynamic, well-developed market from The Report: Bahrain 2012
In regional terms, Bahrain’s history as an insurance centre is a long one. The domestic insurance sector began to form in the 1950s, when a group of taxi drivers pooled resources to form the nation’s first mutual company in order to abide by a legal requirement to obtain third-party liability insurance cover for their vehicles. That decade also saw...
Articles & Analysis | All in good time: Mandatory health coverage set to change sector dynamics from The Report: Bahrain 2012
The question of compulsory health cover is not a new one for Bahrain’s insurance industry. The issue first came to the fore in 2005 when a proposal was presented to the Shura Council from where, having been approved, it was redrafted in legal format and sent to a parliamentary sub-committee for discussion. The rationale behind the initiative was the...