Market Risk Instruments and Portfolio Inflows in African Frontier Economies

Kehinde A. Adetiloye (), Joseph N. Taiwo () and Moses M. Duruji ()
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Kehinde A. Adetiloye: Covenant University
Joseph N. Taiwo: Covenant University
Moses M. Duruji: Covenant University

A chapter in Global Financial Crisis and Its Ramifications on Capital Markets, 2017, pp 371-386 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Financial investments enable portfolio investors to earn above market returns which do not come without risks. The African frontier markets (FMs) are investigated here and this chapter brings into focus the determinants of portfolio flows into these markets. The number of FEs in African investigated is six and two key financial instruments are used as returns: stock market returns and interest rate spread. Other variables used in the study include reserve liquidity, exchange rates and national income. The method of estimation adopted is the Vector autoregression with Granger causality. The results show that the all the variables are significant with the portfolio inflows. Specifically, portfolio funds are income chasing; the liquidity of reserves is also significant for every country among the FEs to enjoy inflows of portfolio funds, impacting on the exchange rates. Stock market returns is also highly significant in the Granger causality tests. Recommendations made include the increase in productivity to increase income and exports in these economies. In addition, African FEs must reduce interest rate margins to increase real production and encourage bonds markets development and thus attract portfolio investment into the sector rather than to concentrate all attention on the equities market.

Keywords: Interest Rate; Stock Market; Risk Premium; Market Risk; Bond Market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47021-4_26

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