WOW 2017 Highlights in Numbers
Despite a challenging economic environment, Who Owns Whom had a successful 2017.
– 21 local and international corporations became new Who Owns Whom clients.
– WOWEB introduced more than 30 new features based on customer requests. These were made available at no additional cost. The most notable features included the introduction of:
- The Watchlist and Alert functionality;
- Company size indicators;
- Politically Exposed Person (PEP) flags associated with relevant directors;
- The shareholding and directorship associations of individuals;
- TakeOver Talk category, transaction status and search enhancements;
- Additional BEE data categories and analyses; and
- Additional filter and display criteria in Report Generator.
– Significant focus on the growth of our SME database means that SMEs now account for 53% of the active profiled companies that are classified by size.
– Growth in the WOW database:
- Profiled companies: 8%
- Branches: 14%
- Directors & Management: 7%
- South African and African company ownership: 12%
The latest 19 published industry reports and reports currently allocated and in the editing process are listed below.
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