By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Headline inflation in May 2014 rose 8 percent year-on-year (YoY) from 7.9 percent recorded the previous month. Reports released by national bureau of statistics (NBS) Tuesday saythe marginal move higher began in February as it rose by 10 basis points (BPs), pushing the y/y headline […]

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Investors are beginning to closely scrutinize emerging markets before making investment decisions in those areas as they perceive them as no longer a homogenous group. This is contained in a report ‘’Not All Emerging Markets Are Created Equal’’ published Monday by CREATE- Research and Principal […]

This statement was released by Fitch Ratings on Friday June 13, 2014) Fitch Ratings-London-13 June 2014: Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on South Africa to Negative from Stable and affirmed its Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at ‘BBB’ and ‘BBB+’, respectively. The issue ratings on […]