Financial giant announces Warsaw branch to serve Eastern Europe.
Securities Services
Former Accenture partner joins settlement services group.
Fox chosen to lead European fixed-income operations.
Sharif Anbar-Colas to head up investment bank's London-based operation.
Standard Chartered has appointed Venkatesh Rathnam as the global head of securities services operations.

Slowing growth has undermined Sub-Saharan Africa’s attractiveness for banks and investors, but Mauritian banks are picking up a bigger share of a smaller business




Egypt’s domestic capital markets have been experiencing something of a resurgence, particularly its stock exchange. Listings started to pick up last year when in May Arabian Cement Company (ACC) tested the market with a US$109mn IPO.

Banks and asset managers are rushing-in to adopt environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk when making investment decisions. They are starting to provide their clients with direct assess to professional advisors who specialise in this area as well.