Spotlight | Africa, United Kingdom
City of London spreads net in Africa as Brexit looms

The London financial centre, which risks seeing its position in Europe weakened by Brexit, is looking to conquer new markets, notably in Africa. One of the instruments it is using to further its financial influence is financial certification institution CISI. [...]
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While Olam set up its first fund, Arise Ports & Logistics, in London, from where its partner, AP Moeller Capital, runs its operations, the agribusiness giant has chosen Mauritius's more welcoming fiscal landscape for its second and third funds, Arise Infrastructure and Arise Special Economic Zone.

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The European Union's shock move to blacklist Mauritius for money-laundering and terrorist financing has sent investors scurrying for other markets, spreading alarm across the island's financial sector. But if private funds are running scared, European public agencies, major clients of the offshore centre, seem less distressed by the Commission's judgment.

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