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Pledges worth R134bn committed at investment conference
The inaugural investment conference has brought promises of funding to the tune of billions to strengthen the economy
Land provision critical to addressing inequality — Ramaphosa
The president was clear about accelerating the provision of land to the poor and marginalised
Standard Bank headline earnings up
The country’s biggest banking group in terms of assets has reported an 11% increase in normalised headline earnings for the six months ended June 30.
Standard Bank has $2bn boost as ICBC deal closes
Standard Bank has received a R16-billion boost to its capital base after completion of a deal in which China’s biggest lender ICBC took a 20% stake, it said on Monday.…
Standard Bank sees stronger earnings from ICBC deal
Standard Bank expects as much as -million in incremental earnings by the third year of the deal in which China’s biggest lender ICBC will buy a 20% stake for ,6-billion, it said…
China digs deeper into Africa with bank deal
China has served notice it is accelerating its investment drive in Africa towards full throttle with the planned ,6-billion cash purchase of a major stake in Standard Bank by…