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Oct 23, 20234 min read
Getting to grips with Stanchart’s “counter-intuitive growth”
It’s about providing solutions for customers Partners with BotswanaPost 2023 to 2025 strategic actions revolve around optimising...
Oct 17, 20233 min read
Botswana’s inflation shoots up amidst Israel/Palestine crossfire
Prints 3.2%, within BoB’s target band Core inflation ticked down as major utility providers suspended rate increases Transport inflation...
Oct 17, 20232 min read
Stanchart Sweats Out Returns
“This is reflective of the value the bank is creating for its shareholders” as share price jumps Standard Chartered Botswana has come to...
Oct 17, 20233 min read
LLR’s bulwark: From Warehouses to Malls
Tenant mix hedges against cycles like pandemics Retail is naturally diversified Industrial and retail is a nice value chain Distributors...
Oct 17, 20235 min read
Tsunami of liquidity spells the end of conservatism for Botswana asset managers
Focus tends to be on blue chips BSE building a pipeline of equity listings, notes lack of support for corporate actions “We need to...
Oct 17, 20234 min read
ETFs trigger debate over local asset status
LAS was mainly accessed by foreign companies with mining interests Is it an issue of where that instrument is listed or the return...
Oct 17, 20234 min read
King Coal is Still Smoking in Botswana
Africa is a very small contributor to CO2 emissions – Riscura CEO Excluding certain industries shrinks the investment universe – BIFM ‘We...
Oct 17, 20236 min read
ESG Investing: Regulators, Asset Managers Play Catch-Up
NBFIRA provides encouragement, incorporates ESG on PFR2 BSE associates with global trends around sustainability Riscura says there is...
Oct 12, 20233 min read
African Equities Outperform DPF Asset Classes
Global Equities come second boosted by AI China worst performing with a decline of63% Net Total Assets increased by 4.52% Debswana...
Oct 12, 20236 min read
How the Economy Slides Down the Dumps
Alrosa halts allocation of rough diamonds in September and October De Beers reduces rough diamond availability, invests $20m in marketing...
Oct 11, 20233 min read
Liquidity Makes a Comeback
Improved spending by the government driving liquidity – Stanchart P14 billion of the liquidity slowly trickling back – Absa “Liquidity...
Oct 10, 20234 min read
LLR: Tale of Balance Sheet Optimisation
LLR favors rights issue for raising capital LTV at 46% “We exhausted our headroom with the banks” Group seeks funding strategy...
Oct 9, 20233 min read
FNB Botswana cashes in on the dollar rally
Investment securities jump by P618m The bank expects to see broad dollar strength War likely to influence investors to hold on to the...
Oct 8, 20232 min read
Gov’t bonds, BoBCs yield 200% for Absa
Government bonds yield curve has been shifting upwards Shorter-term BoBCs are yielding higher While Absa Bank Botswana’s investment...
Oct 7, 20236 min read
Botswana Banks Dodge The Global Banking Bullet
Local banks draw lessons from the collapse of banks in the US, Europe Absa doesn’t want to see what “we saw in Europe and other parts of...
Oct 5, 20233 min read
The levers of Absa’s deposit mobilisation
Key to this strategy is product diversification and product innovation Absa Bank Botswana says its strategy for deposits is underpinned...
Sep 27, 20235 min read
FNB Botswana and the 90% philosophy
Management told a story of First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) in facilitating transactions within communities, particularly the...
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