finance

ZIMBABWEAN pension funds say they are shunning prescribed assets over fears of “being burnt” by value erosion amid a currency crisis. According to the Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec), pension …

ZIMBABWE’S tobacco export proceeds last year were US$746 million, down from US$838 million during the 11 months to December 2018, data provided by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency shows. This …

INSURERS say high levies and taxes on premiums have made insurance unaffordable in Zimbabwe, exerting pressure on the country’s insurance penetration rate. At less than two percent, the country’s insurance …

ZIMBABWE’S ongoing reforms make it a viable destination for private equity investment as the economy benefits from improved governance, transparency and management expertise, a local research firm has said. In …

WORLD Bank President David Malpass on Monday chided other development banks for lending too quickly to heavily indebted countries, saying some were helping worsen already-challenging debt situations. Malpass said at …

CAPTAIN Sean Williams will miss Zimbabwe’s Test match against Bangladesh as he will remain home to be with his wife for the birth of their first child. In his absence, …

FOREIGN investors were net sellers of $68,3 million worth of shares on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in January, latest figures show. According to the bourse, foreign purchases accounted for …

THE incessant attacks on local tycoons Kuda Tagwirei and Billy Rautenbach have once again reinforced the dangers of mixing business with politics and problems associated with Zimbabwe’s political economy, analysts …

PROPERTY valuers have been urged to relook traditional valuation models as concerns heighten about the huge variations on properties, a new report has revealed. Internationally, a variance of between five …

THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) Industrial Index gained 45 percent in January to end at 1 109,41 points, while market capitalisation grew by $13,7 billion to end at $43,3 billion …