CN&CO Fin-blog recap for the week ending 2 December 2016

Team CN&CO love financial services (among other things) and we enjoy reading about what’s happening in various quarters of the industry. Here are our favourite fin-blog picks of the week:

Kurt’s pick:

Amazing video shows three Jetmen fly in formation with the Patrouille de France display team
So this is not much of a fintech pick, but it’s techny and pretty rad. Men with a jetpack vs actual jets…need I say more?

Gianluca’s pick:

New chief at Standard Bank Wealth
“Margaret Nienaber has been appointed chief executive of Standard Bank Wealth.”

Colin’s pick:

Fintech draws insurers as Europe’s startup deals heat up
More and more insurers are looking at deals with fintech startups in Europe. Some interesting stats in this story…

Neo’s pick:

Political uncertainty is the new normal – Gordhan
“The unintended consequences of globalisation, such as the economic exclusion of people, has rendered global political uncertainty the new normal.”