The following three books were recommended in a recent newsletter from South African based Odyssey Capital, a manager of domestic and international bespoke investment portfolios.
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The IMF has reduced its growth predictions for the global economy for the second time this year against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Invisible Women: Data bias in a world designed for men, by Caroline Cirado Periz was the winner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.
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Will Covid-19 be a catalyst for a ‘great re-set’? In this article Trevor Lee looks at how Covid-19 might impact different sectors and investment opportunities of the future.
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Fund managers surveying the post-Covid-19 carnage will no doubt be spending some time thinking about the legacy of the virus and how the world has changed. The world may pause and reset its global priorities.
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Employers are responding to the pandemic by withdrawing job offers, pushing back start dates, or preparing virtual workplace introductions. Internships, typically part of an assessment for future job offers, are being cancelled, deferred or made digital.
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South Africa is one of the few countries in the world that is experiencing a ‘no excess deaths’ scenario
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On April 6th 2020 the International Monetary Fund drastically revised their global growth predictions for 2020 and beyond. It noted that the COVID-19 pandemic was inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide, and the necessary protection measures were severely impacting economic activity.
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