Fitch Ratings has affirmed the National Fund Credit Quality Ratings (NFCQRs) and National Fund Volatility Ratings (NFVRs) of six South African money market funds (MMFs) at 'AA+(zaf)'/'V1(zaf)'.
CBOE Holdings, the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), will be launching options on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index on Tuesday, April 21.
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa's largest exchange, has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Eris Exchange, a US-based futures exchange group, to list swap futures on the South African Exchange.
Realty Africa, a crowdfunding platform dedicated to property investments, will soon start offering investors from all over the world the opportunity to invest in the growth and development of Sub-Saharan Africa.
The value of announced M&A; transactions involving Sub-Saharan African targets reached $5.7bn during the first quarter of 2015, almost double the value recorded during the same period in 2014 ($2.9bn), according to Thomson Reuters's quarterly investment banking analysis for the SSA region.
Economic woes may be mounting in Zimbabwe, but the country retains strong allure for long-term investors with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, according to Harare-based Imara Edwards Securities.
Questions are being raised about the sustainability of South African exchange traded products (ETP), with some providers finding it harder to achieve enough investable funding.
STANLIB has recently launched its first Bond Index (ALBI) Tracking Fund, a unit trust fund that provides investors with a low cost exposure to bonds.
Eurasia Group and Nikko Asset Management have partnered to offer global investors a risk-controlled means of getting exposure to emerging markets.
Large volumes of good quality commercial and residential property are needed to support the continuing African growth story, according to Matthew Colbourne, associate, international research at Knight Frank.
The Sidra-Ancile Global Structured Trade Investment Fund has become the world’s largest Islamic Structured Trade Investment Fund, after recently surpassing SAR 250m ($66m) under management.
Access Infra Africa, a developer, owner and operator of power assets in Africa, has launched the Access Co-Development Fund (ACF), a $5m competition designed to bridge the gap between early stage renewable energy projects in Africa and the expertise and funding they require to come to operation.
The Dreyfus Corporation, the mutual fund arm of BNY Mellon Investment Management, and CenterSquare Investment Management have launched the Dreyfus Global Infrastructure Fund, which provides individual investors with the opportunity to invest in the growth potential of infrastructure assets.
Computershare, as the administrators, and etfSA.co.za, as the portfolio managers and financial advisors, have launched a new tax free product in South Africa, using only Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) as the investment constituents.
