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Research Outputs (Finance, Risk Management and Banking): Recent submissions

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Purchasing power parity and the real rand-dollar exchange rate

Akinboade O.A.; Makina, Daniel (2006-11)

This paper tests for evidence in support of the purchasing power parity (PPP) in the bilateral real exchange rate series of the South African rand against the US dollar. The importance of considering structural breaks in ...
Is compulsory third party motor insurance the panacea for the south african insurance industry

Zingwevu, Elton; Sibindi, A.B. (2014)

Compulsory motor insurance schemes have gained prominence over the years as a policy prescription by governments in their quest to provide a safety net for the protection of consumers and insurers alike. By making as ...
Is good corporate governance practice the panacea for small-to-medium businesses operating in the south african retail sector?

Sibindi, A.B.; Aren, Augustine Oghenetejiri (2015)

The small, micro and medium business enterprises (SMMEs) sector is universally acclaimed for fostering economic growth in many economies. The health of this sector is largely premised on the observance of good corporate ...
Insurance sector development and economic growth: evidence from south Africa.

Sibindi, A.B.; Godi, Ntwanano Jethro (2014)

Arguably the insurance sector may contribute to economic growth by its very mechanism of risk transfer and thereby providing indemnity as well as by the intermediation role it plays in the economy. Insurance can also be ...
Does the regulation of the insurance industry have a pernicious effect on innovation by the sector in South Africa?

Sibindi, A.B.; Zingwevu, Elton (2015)

Financial regulation could be a double edged sword in that despite its major thrust being that to secure the financial sector and bring about financial stability; it might have the unintended consequence of stifling ...
Life insurance, financial development and economic growth in South Africa.

Sibindi, A.B. (2014)

The life insurance sector may contribute to economic growth by its very mechanism of savings mobilisation and thereby performing an intermediation role in the economy. This ensures that capital is provided to deficient ...
Life insurance, financial development and economic growth in south africa: an application of the autoregressive distributed lag mode

Sibindi, A.B. (2014)

The life insurance sector may contribute to economic growth by its very mechanism of savings mobilisation and thereby performing an intermediation role in the economy. This ensures that capital is provided to deficient ...
Corporate Governance Practices of the Insurance Industry in South Africa

Sibindi, A.B. (2015)

The insurance sector plays a critical role in any economy by its very mechanism of risk transfer and savings mobilisation. It thus performs a critical role in intermediation by fostering the liquidity of the financial ...
The reasons for investing offshore: a South African perspective

Godi, Ntwanano Jethro; Sibindi, A.B. (2014)

The value growth of some domestic investments have far exceeded that of offshore investments in recent years, which has led to some investors asking this question: What is the point of investing offshore? The long-term ...
Banking sector development and economic growth: evidence from Zimbabwe

Sibindi, A.B.; Bimha, Alfred (2014)

In this study the causality relationship of banking sector development and economic growth in Zimbabwe is investigated. The jagged performance of the Zimbabwean economy presents an interest in unravelling the state of ...
Remittances, financial development and economic growth: empirical evidence from Lesotho

Sibindi, A.B. (2014)

Increasingly remittances now constitute a great source of foreign currency inflows for many developing countries. In some instances remittances have outpaced the growth of foreign direct investment (FDI). Amongst others, ...
Effectiveness of the National Credit Act of South Africa in reducing household debt: A Johansen cointegration and vecm analysis

Bimha, Alfred (Journal of Governance and Regulation, 2014)

The rise in unsecured lending has cast doubt on the effectiveness of the National Credit Act in South Africa. Reckless lending was seen rising since 2006 and plateauing in 2009. Could this be evidence of the effectiveness ...
The effect of procurement strategies of milling companies on the price of maize

Young, Jacobus; Rossouw, M.W. (Virtus Interpress, 2009)

Since ultra-poor South Africans spend up to a fifth of their income on maize alone, the demand for this commodity is price-inelastic, i.e. consumers have no choice but to absorb price increases. As such the success of ...
Critical success factors for the implementation of an operational risk management system

Gibson, M.D.; Young, Jacobus (Virtus Interrpress, 2012)

Operational risk has become an increasingly important topic within financial institutions resulting in an increased spend on operational risk management solutions. While this is a positive approach, evidence has shown that ...
The challenges facing banks in emerging countries to be Basel compliant for operational risk

Young, Jacobus (Virtus Interpress, 2008)

The New Basel Accord identified various requirements for an effective operational risk management framework. Most central banks and regulators adopted these requirements for their own banking environments. However, there ...
Risks to Consider when Investing Offshore

Godi, J; Young, Jacobus (Virtus Interpress, 2013-06)

When investors engage in international business, transactions and operations, they encounter additional risks compared to trading domestically. Different languages, currencies, jurisdictions, customs and habits can be ...
The use of Key Risk Indicators by banks as an operational risk management tool: A South African perspective

Young, Jacobus (Young, J. 2012. The use of Key Risk Indicators by banks as an operational risk management tool: A South African perspective, Corporate Ownership & Control, vol. 9, issue 3, pp, 2012)

The use of key risk indicators as a management tool is one of the requirements for the calculation of a bank’s operational risk capital charge. This article provides insight into the use of key risk indicators as an ...
Guiding criteria for operational risk reporting in a corporate environment

Young, Jacobus (Virtus Interpress, 2015)

Risk reporting is most probably one of the most important components of a risk management process. Operational risk reporting, in many organisations, is not developed to such a degree that it will add value to the organisation ...
Towards developing guiding principles for managing operational risk appetite

Young, Jacobus (Virtus Interpress, 2010)

This study investigates the effect of two-tier board characteristics, audit committee, and external auditors on earnings management in China. This study contributes to the empirical literature of corporate governance in ...
Risk Management for a Typical Petroleum, Oil & Gas Company in South Africa

Young, Jacobus (Virtus Interpress, 2009)

Risk management is becoming an important management discipline for most organisations including petroleum, oil and gas companies. However, before risks can actually be managed, it is imperative to ensure that a risk ...

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