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The removal of South Africa’s finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, is the greatest threat to public finances experienced in the post 1994 era.
Expect more deals as low-cost options derail the investment industry’s business model.
The takeover of GM’s European brands has historic parallels – and implications for both Europe and the US.
Whether it is a basic bank account, a mortgage to buy a house or loan to start a business, financial services are an essential part of modern life.
Young women are are confident in implementing budgeting and savings strategies, but lack the knowledge and confidence required to implement long-term financial strategies, a new pilot study finds.
Financially illogical and fuelled by irrational dogma, the creation of a new tranche of private sector debt is a missed opportunity.
Despite a media statement announcing that Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and Queensland Treasury Corporation (QTC) have created the first government bond using the blockchain (dubbed the “cryptobond…
The Conservatives may be willing to sacrifice what’s left of the UK’s beleaguered social model to maintain the City’s global status.
Australia could follow the UK’s lead in fostering progress in the financial technology sector.
The one audience that was prepared for a hard Brexit, it seems, was the City of London.
The World Economic Forum draws a straight line from social injustice to many of the risks facing the world in 2017.
Research suggests paying small businesses just a couple of weeks faster can help them become more profitable, hire more workers and grow more quickly.
One cymbal manufacturer has survived 400 years, but most in-house companies fail to survive through the generations.
Does the Turkish government have ulterior motives in its attempt to make Istanbul a global financial centre?
London and Brussels should be constructive about Brexit – for both their financial benefit.
Scandals, elections, budgets, 2016 had it all. Here’s what made news in business and economics.
For a discipline that is supposedly rational, finance has had its fair share of irrational crazes. For example, the dotcom bubble and the collateralized debt obligation craze that led to the global financial…
The South African economy stands to benefit if the country’s president steps aside because he has had a destructive economic impact.
Business Briefing: what super is doing to banking and finance
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New research modelled how an increase in the superannuation guarantee would affect the finance sector and the results show it all balances out.
It is common to reduce the politics of the ANC to a battle between personalities. A closer look suggest that this is a fight between two factions, both of them products of trends in the economy.



















