May 30, 2010

Exchange news

Standard Chartered starts taking over Barclays custody services

Standard Chartered Bank in Kenya (www.standardchartered.com/ke/en/) is to issue KSh 2.5 billion ($30.2 million) in new shares in order to buy the custody business of ...

Funds

China-Africa fund starts to raise further $2 billion

The China-Africa Development Fund has started to raise its second round of capital, aiming to raise $2 billion over three years, according to a report ...