August 2020 The performance of the JSE remains relatively flat over the longer term and is negative if one allows for inflation and currency depreciation. Headline inflation is starting to increase for most countries considered. The Rand strengthened against most Read more…
Insurance companies are finding it ever more difficult to meet shareholder’s expectations of profits and return on capital and choosing on which business initiatives to focus on. QED has developed a toolbox of instruments to increase profitability and decrease the Read more…
July 2020 The JSE continues to rebound from its low in March with another month of positive real returns in local currency terms. Inflation is relatively subdued for most countries due to reduced consumer demand as a result of lockdown. Read more…
The COVID-19 monitoring report produced by QED and Ecklers contains comprehensive statistics on the ongoing pandemic, covering reported infection, mortality and testing rates, excess mortality and age specific profiles of the pandemic. Click here for the report incorporates publicly available data Read more…
Senior Life Insurance Actuarial Consultant Johannesburg Office QED is expanding and has a role for an actuarial consultant/newly qualified actuary who has strong technical and problem-solving abilities to join its life consulting team.This position will give the candidate exposure to Read more…
IFRS 17 Senior Actuarial Consultant Johannesburg Office QED is expanding and has a role for an actuarial analyst who enjoys modelling and has strong technical abilities to join its life consulting team. This position will give the candidate exposure to Read more…
June 2020 Following the poor returns over the first quarter of 2020, the South African equity market rebounded over quarter two. Most of the African markets considered have also shown some recovery (apart from Ghana and Zambia). Reduced demand across Read more…
In this month’s note, we discuss two applications of data science techniques that have been applied to understand the masses of COVID19 data that has been collected since March 2020. The first application shows how a data-driven summary of the Read more…
May 2020 The JSE’s performance this month was flat after some recovery last month. All indices remain uninspiring particularly over the longer term. The repo rate was cut again by 50 bp and this has resulted in the sharp drop Read more…
April 2020 The JSE has had a good month’s performance but still haven’t recovered from losses earlier in the year. The downgrade by FitchRatings from BB+ to BB seems to have largely been priced in. The repo rate was cut Read more…