This paper expands and augments the results of the paper by <link rid="b25">Jefferis and Thupayagale</link>) and tests the efficiency of the South African stock market with Wavelet and Markov Switching Regime analyses of selected shares and the a ALSI 40 data. The Wavelet analysis indicated that most of the individual...

The Macaulay duration is a highly successful tool for measuring and managing interest rate risk. However, it employs restrictive assumptions which constrain its usefulness in a rapidly evolving market. The Basel II implementation and ongoing accounting standard reassessments highlight the...

The aim of this article is to indetify what operational risk in banking institutions entails and to identify the various firm-wide key operational risk indicators in a typical South African retail bank. This article includes both internal and external operational risk events in the definition of...

Cyclical behaviour in the shipping market was investigated, for the first time, using Fourier analysis to extract cycle frequency information from data which have been Hodrick-Prescott filtered; in this case, dry freight earnings data. An industry rule of thumb asserts that shipping cycles last 7...

Agricultural companies and commodity processors trade commodity derivatives on the SAFEX Commodity Derivatives market to hedge themselves and their producers against commodity price risk. Agricultural companies have to adhere to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) of which...