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Standard Bank and Java Capital partner to target ...

10 Sep 2026 Financial Services Intelligence Watch

Business Day reports that Standard Bank and Java Capital have entered into a partnership to raise and structure capital for listed and unlisted property, private capital, infrastructure and other real-asset investments in South Africa. The tie-up combines Standard Bank’s financing ...

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ASISA warns regulatory overlap could undermine transformation progress

10 Sep 2026 Financial Services Intelligence Watch

The Association for Savings and Investment SA (Asisa) has called on government authorities to adopt a unified, consultative approach to regulatory policy, warning that a fragmented landscape of overlapping frameworks risks increasing compliance costs without improving transformation outcomes. The call ...

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Adjudicator flags non-payment trend

10 Sep 2026 Financial Services Intelligence Watch

By Legalbrief Today The Pension Fund Adjudicator, Advocate Lebogang Mogashoa, has sounded the alarm that up to half the complaints his office has received in the past year relate to failure by employers to pay member contributions to their employees. ...

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Using AI to enhance strategic decision-making

09 Sep 2026 Financial Services Intelligence Watch

By Lee Rossini The value of using Artificial intelligence (AI) for improving strategic decision-making is apparent. AI can provide access to analytical capabilities that were previously only available to larger organisations with technology budgets and data-science teams. However, the growth ...

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Standard Bank and Java Capital partner to target private capital and real assets

Business Day reports that Standard Bank and Java Capital have entered into a partnership to raise and structure capital for listed and unlisted property, private capital, infrastructure and other real-asset investments in South Africa. The tie-up combines Standard Bank’s financing capacity and client base with Java Capital’s corporate-finance, M&A and ...

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ASISA warns regulatory overlap could undermine transformation progress

The Association for Savings and Investment SA (Asisa) has called on government authorities to adopt a unified, consultative approach to regulatory policy, warning that a fragmented landscape of overlapping frameworks risks increasing compliance costs without improving transformation outcomes. The call accompanied the release of the Asisa Industry Transformation Report for ...

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Adjudicator flags non-payment trend

By Legalbrief Today

The Pension Funds Adjudicator, Advocate Lebogang Mogashoa, has sounded the alarm that up to half the complaints his office has received in the past year relate to failure by employers to pay member contributions to their employees. A TimesLIVE report notes Magoshoa was addressing the Institute of ...

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Working Smart

By Lee Rossini

The value of using artificial intelligence (AI) for improving strategic decision-making is apparent. AI can provide access to analytical capabilities that were previously only available to larger organisations with technology budgets and data-science teams. However, the growth of accessible, off-the-shelf generative AI tools offers opportunities to smaller businesses through improved methods of prediction, risk management and decision-making. Nevertheless, although there is increasing adoption of AI tools, skills, cost, cybersecurity and effective integration are still challenges for these businesses.

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