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Five finance sector forecasts for 2016
[Nicci Botha] From collaboration with fintech startups to more personalised client services, digital technology dominates trends... read


BizTrendsĀ 2016
Tax focus in 2016: What does the future hold?

Betsie Strydom and Karuna Naidoo

The volatility of the currency due to events that began on 9 December 2015, has placed an increased focus on government finances... read
Trends in the African private equity space

John Bellew

Private equity deals are growing in east and west Africa, with certain sectors seeing most action than others. Experienced African fund managers are in demand and it looks like it is going to be an exciting year for Private Equity in Africa. Here are some of the key trends we can expect to see in the in 2016... read
Finance access remains tough for consumers

Adrian Goslett

During 2015 the South African residential property market continued to see improvement... read
African mega-projects: opportunities and challenges for specialist insurers

Karl Bishop

Infrastructure development is booming across Africa, due in no small part to significant economic growth and foreign direct investment. Mega-infrastructure projects have massive price tags... read


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Accounting & Auditing
A new era of lease accounting
The new lease accounting standard (IFRS 16-Leases) will require lessees to bring most leases onto companies' balance sheets... read
Banking
Barclays Africa enables UnionPay card acceptance at its ATMs and POS networks

Issued by UnionPay International

As a big step for substantially expanding its presence in Africa, UnionPay International, with a massive five billion cards in issue, this week signed a deal with Barclays Africa... read
SA banks 'coping' amid global cybercrime wave

Duncan Alfreds

Local banks are investing in cybercrime defence as financial institutions globally face an increasing trend of cyber theft, an international survey has found... read
Education & Training
Six New Year's resolutions for your finances
Each new year brings a time for one to reflect and plan for the year ahead. It's also the perfect time to become more financially savvy by making good resolutions... read
Financial Services
Key retirement reforms set to become a reality on T-day
2016 is set to be an important year for the South African retirement fund industry following the announcement this week by National Treasury that President Zuma... read
Taxation & Regulation
State's move to sign tax act into law "outrageous", Cosatu says

Linda Ensor

President Jacob Zuma has ignored the pleas of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) not to sign a tax bill into law... read
Business
Branding lessons learned from religion (Part 2)

Jimmy Tembo

We went through part 1 of this article without defining branding... read
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