Tax season is officially open – how to file a tax return, and what’s changed for 2024

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has officially opened tax season 2024, with the two-week pre-season auto-assessment rollout window now closed. Taxpayers who have not received an auto-assessment—or who did not accept the assessment from SARS—will not be required to manually file an ITR12 tax return. Key filing dates Tax Season 2024 Start date End […]

Handelsbanken jumps as profit beat eases cost worries

 Swedish bank Handelsbanken (SHBa.ST), opens new tab beat second-quarter net profit expectations on Wednesday as robust interest income and credit quality helped take some of the sting out of lingering high costs, sending its shares sharply higher. Net profit fell to 6.79 billion crowns ($641 million) from 7.10 billion a year ago, but topped the 6.22 billion […]

Morgan Stanley profit surges on investment banking, trading

Morgan Stanley’s (MS.N), opens new tab second-quarter profit beat expectations on Tuesday, driven by a surge in investment banking and trading revenues that overcame muted results in wealth management. The bank joined other Wall Street lenders, including Bank of America (BAC.N), opens new tab and JPMorgan (JPM.N), opens new tab in reporting higher investment banking revenue, fueled by growing confidence in […]

Goldman Sachs profit tops estimates

Goldman Sachs’ (GS.N), opens new tab profit more than doubled in the second quarter and beat analysts’ estimates on strong debt underwriting and fixed-income trading, but slipped from a bumper first quarter when earnings were the highest since 2021. The resilience of the U.S. economy has given corporate executives the confidence to pursue acquisitions, debt sales and stock offerings. […]