By Business Daily Africa Commercial banks are fighting for a share of the growing high-net-worth individuals seeking to spread their wealth in multiple local and overseas asset classes to maximise returns and cut risk. The lenders are increasingly setting up wealth management units and spicing them up with exclusive products for the affluent as the

The oil rig for the Kingfisher development area in Kikuube district in Uganda on January 24, 2023. Uganda says its oil dream is alive despite intensified criticism from several groups. Photo Stuart Tibaweswa/AFP By The East African Uganda says its oil dream is alive despite intensified criticism from several groups, which this week lodged a

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Photographer Amit Dave By Reuters India’s market regulator is investigating Adani Group’s links to some of the investors in the conglomerate’s aborted $2.5 billion share sale, two sources said, amid growing concern in New Delhi

Property estate agent sales and letting signs are seen outside an apartment building in Lichfield, Britain. Photographer Andrew Boyers By Reuters Britain’s housing market suffered the most widespread price falls since 2009 last month as the run of interest rate increases over the past year weighed on would-be buyers, according to a survey published on

Signage is seen outside of a Nationwide Building Society in London, Britain. Photographer Hannah McKay By Reuters British house prices dropped by a bigger-than-expected 0.6% in January and are now 3.2% below their peak in August, following a surge in borrowing costs and broader inflation pressures, mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society said on Wednesday. January’s

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani addresses delegates during the Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata, India April 20, 2022. Photographer Rupak De Chowdhuri By Reuters Most Adani group shares extended their sharp falls on Monday as the Indian conglomerate’s rebuttal of a U.S. short-seller’s criticism failed to pacify investors, driving stock market losses for the companies

By Anadolu Agency Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday that Turkey’s request for F-16 fighter jets and Sweden and Finland’s NATO bids are “not related.” Speaking to reporters following a meeting with his US counterpart Antony Blinken, Cavusoglu said the US Congress should not portray these separate issues as related. “We say that these

Wealthy Kenyans and firms had piled up Sh922 billion in dollars by last November as they sought to preserve the value of their bank deposits amid a depreciating shilling/Shutterstock By Business Daily Africa Wealthy Kenyans and firms had piled up a record Sh922 billion in dollars by last November as they sought to preserve the

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center left, and Emirati leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan walk past an honor guard at Qasar Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Yoon received an honor guard welcome Sunday on a trip to the United Arab Emirates, where Seoul hopes to

A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter taking part in the U.S.-led Saber Strike exercise flies over Estonia June 6, 2018. Reuters/Ints Kalnins By Reuters The Biden administration has told Congress it is preparing the potential $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, sparking an immediate