September 2019 The African markets considered continues to show poor local currency denominated returns in nominal and real terms. Over the longer term (5-years), the poor experience persists across the markets considered in real local currency terms. The relatively high Read more…
IFRS 17 Technical Accountant Johannesburg Office QED is expanding its IFRS 17 team, and we are offering a role for a technical accountant who has insurance accounting experience and a desire to assist a range of clients across Africa to Read more…
IFRS 17 Project Manager Johannesburg Office QED is expanding its IFRS 17 team, and we are offering a client facing role for a project manager who has a desire to assist a range of clients across Africa to implement IFRS Read more…
August 2019 All African markets considered experienced flat or negative real returns over the last month in local currency terms. Over the longer term (5 years), the poor experience persists across the markets considered in real local currency terms. Click Read more…
We have attached a white paper discussing some recent research by the QED team. Recently, more insurance applications of machine and deep learning models have emerged, with potential benefits of more accurate pricing and reserving. The attached white paper considers Read more…
Senior Life Insurance Actuarial Consultant Johannesburg Office QED is expanding and has a role for an actuarial consultant who enjoys modelling and has strong technical abilities to join its life consulting team. This position will give the candidate exposure to Read more…
July 2019 The JSE performance continues to be uninspiring with negative nominal returns over the short term. Over 5 years all the markets considered have produced flat or negative nominal returns. The JSE has performed the best in local terms Read more…
June 2019 The JSE showed some signs of recovery over the last month, ending the quarter off with marginally positive real returns. All other African markets considered experienced negative real returns over the last quarter in local currency terms, with Read more…
May 2019 The JSE performance continues to be uninspiring – over the longer term and recently – with negative returns over the short term. With the exception of Ghana and Nigeria , all other African markets considered experienced negative real Read more…
April 2019 The JSE continues to rebound from its previous low with good real returns over the last month. The volatility index has also continued its decline over the same period. All other African markets considered experienced negative nominal returns Read more…