January 2019 The South African equity market has rebounded slightly over the last month although it lagged the World and Emerging Market Indices. Volatility also reduced slightly. Over the last month real equity returns are positive for all the markets considered – with only Nigeria showing negative real returns in Read more…
December 2018 Whilst the South African equity market has rebounded slightly over the last month, overall returns over the year was poor. Equities returned poorly for all the markets considered – with only Mauritius showing positive nominal returns in local currency terms. Globally, equity market returns were depressed year-on-year due Read more…
November 2018 Over the past month: South Africa ,Nigeria and Mauritius had negative real returns whilst Kenya and Zambia show positive returns in local currency terms; The South African bond market has outperformed its equity market by 7.2%; and, The rand strengthened against all currencies considered. Click more to view Read more…
October 2018 On a year-on-year basis, all the countries considered showed real declines in their equity markets. The South African, Nigerian and Kenyan markets showed significant negative nominal equity returns (in excess of 10%) over this period. This is mirrored by the FTSE Emerging Market Index performance over the same Read more…
The South African insurance market is faced with various challenges – comprehensive financial inclusion remains an area of focus and the market is split into a formal and an informal sector. A significant portion of the population relies on funeral cover with a much lower emphasis on much needed non-funeral Read more…
September 2018 The emerging markets are rebounding from the second-quarter horror show. Over the previous quarter , all the African markets considered showed negative real returns, with only Mauritius showing positive real growth in local currency terms. The rand rebounded in September after the slump of the past month. The Read more…
August 2018 Over the past month the African markets considered all performed poorly. The South African equity market is the only one to show real growth in local currency terms. The rand weakened over the same period due in part to continued global sell-offs of emerging markets securities. Click more Read more…
We have come a long way since the first SAM roadmap was circulated to the industry in 2010. It is now official, eight years on, SAM is effective from 1 July 2018. Most of the industry queries, concerns, discrepancies and impracticalities of the SAM regime that were uncovered from 2010 Read more…
July 2018 Over the past month all the African markets considered (including South Africa) showed negative real returns in local currency terms. On a year-on-year basis, the Kenyan and Zambian markets show positive real returns, whilst the rest continue to show negative real returns. Over 3 years, the poor performance Read more…
June 2018 Following relatively poor returns over the first quarter of 2018, the South African equity market rebounded over quarter two. The South African equity market is the only one of the markets considered that showed positive returns (in local currency terms) over the past 3 months. On a year-on-year Read more…