Given its colonial past, Africa has not had the opportunity to engage with the positive aspects or benefits of capitalism, having been integrated into the international economy in a position of subservience...
SOUTH AFRICA
Dr Helen Weber, Medical Adviser at Sanlam, explores the health implications of cannabis and vaping, and the additional cost of insurance to underwrite these risks...
Dr Helen Weber 6 May 2019
GLOBAL
Litigation funding is becoming a mainstream asset class with the market set to double in the next five years, predicts Dilip N Massand of Legal Ventures...
22 Mar 2019
GLOBAL
Mastercard has announced that it will be dropping its name from its iconic logo in select contexts...
9 Jan 2019
GLOBAL
Standard Bank has firmed up South Africa's commitment to UN Women's #HeForShe movement. Here's why it's so impactful, especially in Africa, and how you can go beyond clicktivism and get involved, too...
Leigh Andrews 8 Oct 2018
GLOBAL
While the advertising industry is cluttered with award shows, the Midas Awards that recognise the world's best financial advertising are ones to watch as this form of brand messaging is aimed at gaining the rarest kind of consumer trust imaginable. Here's how SA's own Cullinan agency recently proved its weight in gold...
Leigh Andrews 15 Feb 2018
GLOBAL
The Midas Awards for the World's Best Financial Advertising has announced its 2017 winners and South Africa has struck gold with 12 Midas Gold Ingots in the bag...
7 Feb 2018
GLOBAL
A queasy mix of excitement, hope and cash has for some years now been mixing together in the food delivery sector and that rarely proves to be a recipe for success...
Kevin Murphy 23 Aug 2017
GLOBAL
Agreeing to use your home currency in a foreign land can significantly inflate the cost of every purchase. Thinking a bit more like an economist can help you avoid this mistake, and save a lot of money...
Jay L. Zagorsky 4 Aug 2017
GLOBAL
Retailers stand to lose $71 billion globally from fraudulent CNP (Card-Not-Present) transactions over the next five years...
21 Jun 2017
GLOBAL
Users of Thomson Reuters financial platform, Eikon, can now access Oxford Business Group's full range of research on emerging economies...
28 Apr 2017
GLOBAL
NEW YORK, United States - McDonald's reported higher first-quarter earnings Tuesday on better performance in key regions, including the United States and China...
28 Apr 2017
GLOBAL
UK has a seventh consecutive year of market growth, as adspend grew 3.7% to reach £21.4bn...
26 Apr 2017
GLOBAL
Islamic banking leaders and dignitaries from across Africa and the Middle East gathered at the 2nd annual International Forum on Islamic Finance (IFIF 2016)...
10 Feb 2016
GLOBAL
2016 is expected to be another year of generally low equity returns in the low-growth, low-inflation environment, and will prove to be somewhat of a challenging year...
Anik Sen 9 Feb 2016
GLOBAL
According to global asset manager PineBridge Investments, the global economy is likely to experience incremental improvement and a consumer-driven "growth bounce"...
19 Jan 2016
GLOBAL
Old Mutual has sold its Bermuda business to Beechwood, a provider of offshore insurance products and reinsurance, for an undisclosed amount...
7 Jan 2016
GLOBAL
Crisis-hit Toshiba's woes deepened when Moody's and Standard & Poor's cut its credit rating to junk, casting doubt on a turnaround plan unveiled...
23 Dec 2015
