Africa’s clean energy funding would work much better if projects could borrow on fairer terms, and have longer to pay back loans.
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Can we move from algorithmic discrimination to inclusive finance?
Responsible borrowers are locked out of the global financial system for reasons beyond their control. A study looking at shopping habits offers a novel solution.
Credit rating agencies are now responding to governance failures, not just macroeconomic trends.
The NSW government wants GST to be allocated according to population. But doing so ignores different service delivery needs between states.
The first ‘climate-smart’ sovereign credit rating shows 59 nations will have lower ratings before 2030 without emissions cuts.
Two of Australia’s major banks have announced they will take action against financial abusers, including closing their accounts.
Low-income countries that sought to spend more on health care during the pandemic have been hit with ratings downgrades, while others avoided borrowing entirely.
The first trading day after Moody’s cut the UK to three notches below Aaa, the markets shrugged.
African governments must engage rating agencies better, providing them and investors with credible economic data, and regularly address all concerns being raised.
The IMF loan does not impose any conditions over and above what is in South African law on how the funds can be used; it only seems to expect the country to implement policies already announced.
They stumble around, baying for assistance, hoping to drink the lifeblood of other companies’ financial aid.
Since the first “climate awareness bond” was issued in 2007, the green-bond market has flourished. But how can investors judge their risk and effectiveness?
It’s hard to say if, legally, not paying the Brexit bill will classify as a sovereign default. But credit agencies will take serious notice.
Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, and other ratings agencies have a long and storied history, but today they face significant criticism and the future of ratings themselves are under challenge.
Far too many people in Britain rely on high-cost short-term credit from alternative lenders.
The positive energy that’s greeted the new South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, will turn to protest if economic challenges are not addressed quickly.
Robust credit ratings agencies are vital for the Australian economy, as the repercussions of their decisions are felt far and wide.
African cities are failing to raise development funds through bond markets.
In announcing free higher education, South African President Jacob Zuma, lobbed a populist hot potato at the ANC elective conference but it’s ordinary people whose fingers will be burnt.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Finance and Banking, University of Sydney
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Professor, Finance, RMIT University
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Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Finance, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
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Coventry University
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Professor, University of the Western Cape
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Head: Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne
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Consulting Economist; and Senior Research Fellow University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Associate professor, University of Cape Town