December 2017

The odyssey of South African multinational corporations (MNCs) and their impact on the Southern African development community (SADC)

It has been observed that the pressures of globalisation and the lure for increased profitability have continued to motivate South African multinational companies (MNCs) to invest across international borders, especially in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Furthermore, the deliberate policy to integrate the region has necessitated most of the governments of the SADC to encourage their largest companies...

Author(s): Egu, E. Mathew and Aregbeshola, R. Adewale

December 2017

The contribution of the African capital markets in the diversification of investment global portfolios

This study aims to evaluate the contribution of the African capital markets in the diversification of investment global portfolios. The study used the methodology based on the application of optimization models like mean variance (MV), resample michaud (RM), semi variance (SV), mean absolute deviation (MAD), and filtered historical simulation (FHS). In-sample and out-of-sample approaches were used to analyze the data....

Author(s): Alexandrino Barreto