MANUFACTURING and non-food retail stocks listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)are likely to face major knocks in demand as confidence in the counters wanes, a new report has revealed. In an analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on investor confidence on local stocks, Side Waos, a research consultancy, said while the pandemic had shaken…
MOST stock market enthusiasts might have come across “Margin Call”, a 2011 film that follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the global financial crisis. Margin Call tells a story about the volatility of trading prices and how a fire sale (when a firm sells…
THE Covid-19 pandemic has significantly affected business and economies the world over. Some companies have been forced to completely close while others have resorted to working virtually due to the national lock downs imposed by most countries in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. Zimbabwe is no exception to countries that have…
DISRUPTION has proved to be an inescapable challenge for many businesses and industries across the world. The sad thing is that most companies have resorted to operating in survival-mode instead of actively shaping their future. In fact, playing it safe amid disruption could prove to be very risky. According to an analysis of 10000 companies…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced vacancies for positions that were previously held by bosses who were last year implicated in fraud. Central bank governor John Mangudya told The Financial Gazette that the two – Mirirai Chiremba who was in charge of the financial intelligence unit (FIU) and Norman Mataruka (bank supervision) –…
PRICING products in line with inflation will ensure that African Distillers (Afdis) ― remains profitable. In a recent report, Akribos Research Services (Akribos) said timely adjustments of products would minimise losses going forward. “Due the nature of Afdis’s products, volume declines are likely to persist during the rest of the financial year as economic hardships…
AIR Zimbabwe (AirZim)’s plans to lease its aircraft have been imperiled, as carriers all over the world are battling their own demons associated with the coronavirus pandemic. This comes as African airlines are seen losing as much as $400 million this year and Zimbabwe’s tourism industry has taken a serious knock, with hotel groups such…
The women’s section of the Rogers Cup has been postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision to call off August’s WTA event in Montreal has been made with both the women’s and men’s tours already suspended until 12 July. A WTA statement said the move was because of “measures taken by…
ANYONE who has studied physics would tell you that, “God does not roll a dice on Earth but governs it with the laws of physics”. He has put in place structures, principles and rules for things to work on earth. By doing that, it means that he is not playing “trial and error” or continuously…
THERE are various methods that exist to facilitate the settlement of legal disputes between people, and these vary from the commonly known litigation, to arbitration and less known and applied procedures of conciliation and arbitration. With the prevailing bottlenecks and unreliability of our courts due to various shortcomings that are dogging them, arbitration is a…
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