The rise of global assets under management

In a new report, “Asset & Wealth Management Revolution: Embracing Exponential Change”, PwC anticipates that global assets under management (AuM) will almost double in size by 2025, from $84,9-trillion in 2016 to $111.2-trillion by 2020, and then again...
Take-home pay starts to slide

Take-home pay starts to slide

September’s real disposable take-home income declined for the first time in seven months on a year-on-year basis as a higher rate of inflation resulted in disposable salaries declining by over 1,3% during the period. This is according to the latest...

Service provider competition in SA rises

Cyber-security is just one of the global and domestic challenges facing the South African banking and financial services (BFS) sector. As a result, the market for IT service providers has become highly competitive. In order to differentiate themselves from enterprises...

Altron delivers growth

During the past six months the continuing operations of JSE-listed Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron) presented a significantly improved performance with a 5% increase in revenue to R6,8-billion and a 19% increase in EBITDA to R501-million. This growth...

Venture capital drives SA tech sector

The Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA) 2017 Venture Capital (VC) Success Stories report highlights the role that VC plays in supporting South African business, and follows the launch of the SAVCA 2017 VC Survey that revealed that...

Panel makers bet on high-end displays

Display shipments for notebook PCs are forecast to increase by 5% in 2017 to 177-million units compared to the previous year, while notebook PC unit shipments are expected to remain flat during the same period. Being worried about slower shipments next year due to...