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Novare and Access Bank team up to offer shoppers exclusive rewards
LAGOS, NIGERIA – Access Bank, Nigeria’s largest financial institution, has entered a strategic partnership with the Novare Group to roll out enhanced loyalty and lifestyle benefits for shoppers across Nigeria. The partnership focuses on Novare Loyalty and Rewards, which offers a rapidly expanding, multi-tiered digital customer rewards platform that can be used at the company’s shopping centres.…
Read MoreStatement of Commitment for EDGE Champions
Novare Equity Partners (Pty) Ltd is partnering with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, on accelerating the adoption of green building practices through the promotion of voluntary green building certification programs based on the EDGE (“Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies”) software, standard, and certification system. Novare…
Read MoreMaking an Impact
The climate keeps changing, and as we celebrated Earth Day this weekend, we can reflect on adapting our behaviour for a sustainable future. At Novare, we realised that we have the power to make a difference in our world, and we have done just that. Starting an impact investment fund was one example of our…
Read MoreBlack-owned Novare rapidly expands to other African markets
It started as a small pension funds advisory, but today, Rosebank-based financial services group Novare has become one of the fastest-growing black-owned and black-managed investment firms in SA. It has more than R150 billion in assets under advice, over R10 billion of property assets in Nigeria, Zambia and Mozambique, and is seeking to raise an…
Read MorePENSION FUNDS CAN UPLIFT AND PROFIT FROM INVESTING IN SA MANUFACTURING
South Africa’s faltering manufacturing industry can create jobs and raise exports, providing a much-needed boost to the economy that will ensure sustainable returns for retirement funds. South Africa’s economy is trapped in a low-growth loop, which would ordinarily make it challenging for institutional investors like retirement funds to generate enough returns to grow their assets…
Read MoreASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT
Location: Bellville, Cape Town Company: Novare Holdings Department: Finance – 5 months Fixed Term Contract Job Overview: Report directly to 3 Financial Managers and indirectly to Head of Finance. Complete the accounting function to the trail balance, that includes processing bank account statements on Pastel, reconcile the cashbook. Assist with month end submissions and reports.…
Read MoreNOVARE EMPLOYEES LEND A HELPING HAND TO KZN FLOOD VICTIMS
“There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to helping others without expecting anything in return.” – Nelson R. Mandela Novare staff were amongst the many South Africans who watched on the news as people and families in KwaZulu-Natal were severely affected by a natural disaster of flooding. Severe…
Read MoreGAINING TRUST IN A CONFLICTED INVESTMENT INDUSTRY STARTS WITH OPENNESS
While regulations govern how conflicts of interests between clients and financial-services providers need to be managed, firms only have one choice: Put the customer first, or eventually fail, writes Ola Leepile, CEO of Novare Holdings. The financial services industry is a hotbed of inherent self-interests that constantly pit clients’ needs against those of the business.…
Read MoreLEVERAGING ALTERNATIVE ASSETS AS A MEANS TO MINIMISE DOWNSIDE INVESTMENT RISKS
When most people think of investing, the first thing to come to mind is usually your traditional asset classes like stocks and bonds or even interest on cash savings. After all, these make up the bulk of virtually every investment portfolio domestically. Beyond these, however, more and more investors are shifting the balance of their…
Read MoreNOVARE BETS ON SOUTH AFRICAN BONDS AS IT AWAITS BETTER EQUITY OPPORTUNITIES
Novare Holdings favours South African bonds over equities as the manager of more than R40 billion ($2.7 billion) in assets prepares for share prices to drop before boosting its stock allocation. Domestic bond prices have plunged over the past two years, with yields on the government’s 10-year securities climbing one percentage point higher to 9.56%,…
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