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Spotlight AFRICA UNITED KINGDOM Finance Issue dated 15/09/2020

City of London spreads net in Africa as Brexit looms

The London financial centre, which risks seeing its position in Europe weakened by Brexit, is looking to conquer new markets, notably in Africa. One of the instruments it is using to further its financial influence is financial certification institution CISI. [...] (615 words)

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AFRICA 16/10/2020

Bpifrance's new 'fund of funds' sparks interest from private equity firms

The state-owned Bpifrance is set to finance leading African asset managers into its Averroès IV 'fund of funds.' [...]

Spotlight UNITED KINGDOM AFRICA 06/10/2020

As Brexit looms, Jersey promotes offshore financial centre

Though already a favourite among wealthy Africans and investors on the African continent, Jersey wants to further its image as a robust offshore financial centre. The Channel island offers a strategic stepping stone for London with Brexit just around the door. [...]

GABON AFRICA 31/08/2020

Olam chooses Port Louis over London to registrer its Arise Infrastructure fund

While Olam set up its first fund, Arise Ports & Logistics, in London, from where its partner, AP Moeller Capital, runs its operations, the agribusiness giant has chosen Mauritius's more welcoming fiscal landscape for its second and third funds, Arise Infrastructure and Arise Special Economic Zone. [...]

AFRICA CANADA 22/07/2020

Canadian "Warren Buffett" excludes his banks from deal for big new African investment group

Canadian financier Prem Watsa, who heads the giant Fairfax investment group, announced plans to bring fellow investment giant Helios into the capital of his African subsidiary, Fairfax Africa, on 10 July. Fairfax Africa will divest itself of its struggling African banks, however, before Helios proceeds with its investment. [...]

MAURITIUS 16/06/2020

Private investors shun Mauritius after EU money-laundering red flag

The European Union's shock move to blacklist Mauritius for money-laundering and terrorist financing has sent investors scurrying for other markets, spreading alarm across the island's financial sector. But if private funds are running scared, European public agencies, major clients of the offshore centre, seem less distressed by the Commission's judgment. [...]

SEYCHELLES 22/04/2020

Despite OECD downgrade, the tax haven wants to outshine Mauritius

Despite being downgraded by the OECD in its latest peer review report on April 6, the offshore financial centre Seychelles is making strides by banking on new financial technologies. The country wants to outshine neighbouring Mauritius, which for its part, is in the OECD's good books. [...]

WEST AFRICA 18/03/2020

Boris Johnson seeks to drum up post-Brexit business in Africa

In search of trading partners after its withdrawal from the EU, the United Kingdom has been proposing free trade deals across west Africa and promoting British companies. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM AFRICA 14/01/2020

London eases diamond traders' concerns over a hard Brexit

Diamond traders established in the United Kingdom should not be [...]

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