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South Africa
UploadedJun 2020
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South Africa
UploadedJun 2020
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has compounded an already strained operating environment and will have a negative impact on asset quality for th...
South Africa
UploadedJun 2020
GCR takes three African banking hubs, from the South, East and West of the continent and provides an opinion on how the banking sectors will cope w...
Cote d'Ivoire
UploadedJun 2020
Bien que l'article 13 du code de la Conférence Interafricaine des Marchés d'Assurance (« CIMA ») devrait ré...
Namibia
UploadedApr 2020
Despite persistent sluggish local economic growth, compounded by COVID-19 pandemic risks, GCR expects the Namibian insurance sector to remain resil...
Ghana
UploadedApr 2020
GCR sees potential for higher capital and cash balances and enhanced earnings capacity to strengthen the financial profile, given developing risk-b...
South Africa
UploadedApr 2020
GCR Ratings believes the performance of securitisation transactions may be impacted by the relief solutions offered by the South African Financial...
Cote d'Ivoire
UploadedApr 2020
Impairments of accumulated aged premium receivables undermine otherwise sound profitability. Although article 13 of the Conference Interafricaine d...
Kenya
UploadedApr 2020
GCR expects the disruptions due to COVID-19 to have a broad negative impact across the Kenyan economy, albeit that the severity will differ from se...
Botswana
UploadedApr 2020
The country risk score for Botswana is materially higher than that of regional peers, reflecting the balance of relatively high per capita wealth l...
Kenya
UploadedApr 2020
GCR expects the combined impact of the COVID-19 inspired global and domestic slowdown in Q2’20, alongside the locust swarm in Q1’20, to...
Kenya
UploadedApr 2020
Significant reduction in credit exposure coupled with improvements in risk adjusted capitalisation metrics is expected following strict enforcement...
Zimbabwe
UploadedMar 2020
COVID-19 imposed global restrictions may stem foreign currency inflows and GCR expects foreign currency liquidity to decrease. As such, GCR anticip...
South Africa
UploadedMar 2020
The global response to the Covid-19 Pandemic will extinguish global economic growth in 2020. To date, the pandemic has been largely located in the...
South Africa
UploadedMar 2020
Despite potential earnings strain, GCR expects most rated schemes to remain resilient, given sufficient reserve buffers, although schemes with lowe...
South Africa
UploadedMar 2020
GCR expects the shut down due to the COVID-19 to have a broad negative impact across the economy, albeit that the severity will differ from sector...
South Africa
UploadedMar 2020
2020 is shaping up to be an even more challenging year than 2019 and, of course, the exact local and global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is curr...
South Africa
UploadedMar 2020
2020 is shaping up to be an even more challenging year than 2019 and, of course, the exact local and global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is curr...
South Africa
UploadedMar 2020
GCR expects the financial profiles of South African REITs to weaken, as the range of funding options available to them increasingly narrows. Base p...
South Africa
UploadedMar 2020
The rating of CC(ZA) accorded to Rebosis Property Fund is not derived from the ACE but is rather a factor of expected default scenario.The graphs p...
UploadedFeb 2020
Manufacturing production figures released by Stats SA paint a bleak picture for the local industry. Since June 2019, there has been a sustained con...
South Africa
UploadedOct 2019
The healthcare enquiry found that the three large hospital group maintain a dominant position in terms of providing hospital services, which has se...
South Africa
UploadedSep 2019
GCR is of the view that the domestic education sector reflects lower than average cyclicality. However, the government’s role in ensuring a c...
South Africa
UploadedJul 2019
GCR has a strong overall view of the South African property industry. This is based on a number of underlying strengths that have resulted in robus...
Kenya
UploadedFeb 2019
This is the fourth Kenya Short Term Insurance Industry Bulletin from Global Credit Ratings Co. (“GCR”), covering the Kenyan short term...
South Africa
UploadedFeb 2019
The South African Short Term Insurance Bulletin is prepared annually to provide clients with an analysis ofcindustry participants. In this regard,...
South Africa
UploadedMar 2018
The bulletin provides an overview of the ratings accorded by GCR over the past year, and broadly surveys the credit risk characteristics of various...
Kenya
UploadedDec 2017
This is the fourth Kenya Short Term Insurance Industry Bulletin from Global Credit Rating Co. (“GCR”), covering the Kenyan short term i...
South Africa
UploadedDec 2017
The South African Short Term Insurance Bulletin is prepared annually to provide clients with an analysis of industry participants. In this regard,...
South Africa
UploadedMar 2017
The bulletin provides an overview of the ratings accorded by GCR over the past year, and broadly surveys the credit risk characteristics of various...
South Africa
UploadedNov 2016
The South African Short Term Insurance Bulletin is prepared annually to provide clients with an analysis of industry participants. In this regard,...
South Africa
UploadedApr 2016
The bulletin provides an overview of the ratings accorded by GCR over the past year, and broadly examines the inherent risk characteristics of vari...
Kenya
UploadedDec 2015
This is the second Kenya Short Term Insurance Industry Bulletin from Global Credit Rating Co. (“GCR”), covering the Kenyan short term i...
South Africa
UploadedNov 2015
The South African Short Term Insurance Bulletin is prepared annually to provide clients with an analysis of industry participants. In this regard,...
Kenya
UploadedDec 2014
This is the first Kenya Short Term Insurance Industry Bulletin from Global Credit Rating Co. (“GCR”), covering the Kenyan short term in...
South Africa
UploadedOct 2014
The South African Short Term Insurance Bulletin is prepared annually to provide clients with an analysis of industry participants. In this regard,...
South Africa
UploadedOct 2013
The South African Short Term Insurance Bulletin is prepared annually to provide clients with an analysis of industry participants. In this regard,...