Daily Archives: September 6, 2021

  • Interest rates and banks’ margins

    At the end of the second quarter of the year we wrote about how Nigerian banks were moving lending rates in order to accommodate rising market interest rates (see Coronation Research: Nigerian Banks, Resilience Built In, 25 June). Since then market interest rates, and interbank lending rates, have been falling. This suggests margin expansion for …

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  • Are Employees still the Most Vital Assets in the Workspace?

    A new economy, a digital one fueled by technological innovation, is emerging and the COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated this technological transformation, bringing about changes in work, skill requirements, work tools and work relationships. There were concerns preceding the pandemic about the continuity of certain jobs, which have deepened as a result of the COVID-19 …

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Year Ahead-Re-risking the financial system

Year Ahead 2020: Re-risking the financial system

Oil prices: In a global oil market threatened with over-supply, it appears that OPEC, and its ally Russia, are doing a good job of limiting production.