December 2019 Most of the emerging markets have shown improved performance in recent months with the exception of Zambia and Nigeria. However, over the longer-term (5 years) returns have generally remained poor with all markets considered yielding negative real returns. Read more…
November 2019 The volatility in the South African equity market persists with a 1.9% decline this month following some recovery in the previous month. This is also reflected in the JSE volatility index, which increased by 6.6% in the last Read more…
Ocotber 2019 The South African, Kenyan and Mauritian markets showed some recovery in the last month. However, longer term (over 5 years) all markets performed poorly particularly when considering real returns (in excess of inflation). Click more to view the Read more…
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…
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…
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…