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New board membership
- June 14, 2024
- Posted by: Asande Mahlaba
- Category: News
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The Centre of Excellence in Financial Services would like to take this opportunity to welcome Mr Kuben Naidoo to the board.
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Banking on small and medium-sized enterprises
- May 14, 2024
- Posted by: Asande Mahlaba
- Categories: News, Publication, Reports
The small, micro and medium enterprises have become a national focus area in South Africa, with many state and private institutions wanting to understand this complex ecosystem. Access to finance has been a popular narrative for the lack of growth of this sector, but it has many friction points that all contribute to the current state of SME development.
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Board Member Spotlight: Recognising Outstanding Achievements
- May 13, 2024
- Posted by: Asande Mahlaba
- Category: News
The Centre of Excellence in Financial Services (COEFS) is indeed proud to recognise the achievements of our board member, Professor Euvin Naidoo, who has been recognised for two global awards of distinction this year.
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New board membership
- April 11, 2024
- Posted by: Asande Mahlaba
- Category: News
The Centre of Excellence in Financial Services is sad to announce the retirement of Mr Cas Coovadia from the board
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Watch: The Future of Coal Masterclass
- March 9, 2023
- Posted by: Administrator
- Category: Videos
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The Future of Coal Masterclass
- February 16, 2023
- Posted by: Administrator
- Category: Events
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Lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa
- January 30, 2023
- Posted by: Administrator
- Categories: News, Publication, Reports
With both a health crisis and a mobility crisis, caused by the restrictions of a National State of Disaster, the financial sector adapted their contingency plans for a financial crisis, to place the customer at the centre while rapidly shifting to a work from home environment for everyone, never anticipated by a highly regulated and conservative sector. This research covers the impact of Covid-19 on the financial sector in South Africa.
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Grounding Butterflies so change can take place
- August 8, 2022
- Posted by: Asande Mahlaba
- Categories: News, Opinion Pieces
Gordon Gecko said “greed is good” in the movie Wall Street. I say change is good. It has influenced my professional journey and has had an enriching effect on my career. Now, as a coach and capacity builder,in the words of an African proverb, I am “lighting other candles”.
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South African bank lending practices survey WP/2021/11
- February 17, 2022
- Posted by: Asande Mahlaba
- Category: Working Papers
Since our March 2021 Survey, we experienced rioting and looting in KwaZulu Natal and other provinces during July. The subsequent month-on-month data does not show a noticeable change in bank lending as a result thereof.
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The Archegos saga demonstrates once again that banks’ and financial institutions’ quest for huge returns trumps prudent risk management OP/2022/01
- January 23, 2022
- Posted by: Asande Mahlaba
- Categories: News, Opinion Pieces
Is it a question of shortness of memory on the part of financial institutions, or is it just a matter of the prospect of huge returns making risky investment decisions worthwhile? Whatever the motivation, the Archegos implosion has prompted regulators in the US, UK, Switzerland and Japan to investigate the risk controls of eight major banks including Credit Suisse, Nomura, Morgan Stanley, UBS, MUFG and Mizuho, who collectively suffered losses in excess of US$10 billion.