South Africa’s Economic Woes: Growth Slides, Fiscal Space Shrinks
South Africa’s economic woes are increasingly looking more terminal than structural, raising concerns about the government’s ability to keep a…
Mexico’s Banxico Gets Aggressive
Mexican policymakers caught the markets by surprise this week with extremely aggressive measures. First, Banco de Mexico announced that it…
Lagarde Meets With Colombia’s President Santos
At the helm of one of Latin America’s more stable economies at the moment, Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia…
Gavin Serkin Takes Us to the Frontier
London-based Gavin Serkin is the Founder and Managing Director of Frontier Funds, a global consultancy focused on the emerging and…
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Zandi: Collapse in Commodities Has “Crushed” Some Emerging Markets
The slide in emerging markets carried over into 2016 and showed little sign of slowing as a decline commodities rattled…
Video: Nicky Newton-King, Part 2
In Part 2 of our exclusive with JSE Group CEO Nicky Newton-King, she explains the “world-class” offerings of the Johannesburg…
People Moves & News
IIF Names Chief Economist The Institute of International Finance has named Ulrik Harald Bie as chief economist for global macroeconomic…
China’s Slowdown Is Africa’s Reality
Fast and steady economic growth across the African sub-continent stoked hopes and visions of a new era. Investments were flowing…
Nicky Newton-King, CEO, Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Nicky Newton-King was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) January of 2012. Since then, the Exchange…
ICBC Standard Bank Names Yan Chief Economist
ICBC Standard Bank Plc (“ICBC Standard” or “the Bank”) this week announced the appointment of Jinny Yan as Chief China…
Headwinds at Home and Abroad Weaken South African Rand
The South African rand fell to its lowest level on record early last month, having shed over 45% of its…
