OPINION/EDITORIAL

Currencies in Africa: S/African rand leads laggards

May 22, 2020/United Capital Report The outbreak of COVID-19 is expected to halt global growth which has maintained a positive trend over the last 10 years.  According to the IMF, the impact of the world-wide lockdown is estimated to result in 3.0% decline in global GDP as the strength of even the most […]

COVID-19 – Corporate Compliance and Investigations in a Virtual World

May 22, 2020 By Darryl Bernstein, Wian Steyn and JJ van der Walt There has been an unprecedented acceleration in the global adoption of the virtual office and the COVID-19 pandemic has clarified the fact that many industries already render their services predominantly through electronic means. This accelerated move into […]

April 2020 CPI : A Favourable High Base to Cap CPI Uptrend in May

May 22, 2020/Cordros Report We had stated in our last update (See Report: Great Lockdown to Stoke Pressure on Food Prices) that the combination of lockdown instituted by the FGN, together with the negative passthrough impact of Naira depreciation on both the core and food basket, will stoke upward pressure on […]