02/10/2020
Concentration risk refers to the likelihood of investors losing money as a result of having a large portion of their holdings in a particular investment, asset class or a given stock relative to their overall portfolio.
02/10/2020
Lucara has been both lucky and ingenious
02/10/2020
Only five companies are listed under GEMS, which by far exceeds listing activity in the other market segments.
02/10/2020
A basket of emerging market currencies has lost close to 1.5% since mid-January
02/07/2020
What started as a reaction to falling oil prices has spread from energy to banking and other sectors of the regional economy.
02/07/2020
As the number of physical banks in Africa diminishes, can existing institutions keep up with rising demand and the challenge of digital banking?
02/07/2020
Investec Securities has thus rated the three stocks, with Co-operative Bank retaining a BUY rating, KCB upgraded from HOLD to a BUY while Equity has been rated a HOLD.
02/07/2020
Old Mutual Investment says more companies look ‘attractive’
02/06/2020
All five subindexes in the survey were in contractionary territory, although output and new orders fell at a slower pace than in the previous month.
02/06/2020
The technologies fueling the transformative shift in the banking business sphere include data and advanced analytics, blockchain, cloud and incorporation of artificial intelligence, voice as well as biometrics.
02/05/2020
They say measures are being put in place to keep South Africans safe from the virus. With the coronavirus outbreak in China, many people had to cancel or postpone their travel arrangements to the affected countries.
02/05/2020
There has been a gradual rise in the interest rates for short-term government securities, attributable to the fact that the Treasury is under pressure to meet its domestic borrowing target.
02/05/2020
The labour chief said the FG should not tamper with the pension fund, saying it “is fully funded by workers and employers”.
02/05/2020
It said it expected revenues from diamond sales to rise to $1.65 billion in 2020, from $1.26 billion last year.
02/04/2020
The African central bank has carried out extensive reform of Ghana’s banking sector
01/31/2020
One of the reasons which explains this is that African countries participate in global value chains largely through agriculture whereas Asia did so mainly through manufacturing.
01/31/2020
Ideally, the authorities want to see a gradual increment of at least 0.5ppt of GDP in revenue each year.
01/31/2020
Speaking at a Deloitte conference on Thursday (30 January), Tshabalala said that companies cannot, and should not resist technological progress.
01/31/2020
It’s the world’s second-largest continent, with marked structural differences between different regions.
01/31/2020
South Africa need not wait for the next credit crisis – we’re in one.