How To Boost International Investors Participation In Emerging Markets, By WFE

How To Boost International Investors Participation In Emerging Markets, By WFE

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) on Monday published a report – from the investor viewpoint – that seeks to understand what encourages or discourages international investor participation in emerging markets.  According to WFE, the purpose of the new research...
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NSE, Afrinvest Launch Factor Equity Indices

NSE, Afrinvest Launch Factor Equity Indices

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and Afrinvest Securities Limited (ASL), a leading capital market research and securities execution platform, on Monday announced the launch of two new factor indices: the NSE-Afrinvest Banking Value Index (NSE-Afr BVI) and NSE...
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SEC, NIPC Collaborate To Attract Investors

SEC, NIPC Collaborate To Attract Investors

The Securities and Exchange Commission has restated its commitment to partner with relevant government agencies and the private sector to attract more investments to the country in a bid to further boost the economy. Acting Director General of the SEC,...
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Report: Quality Of Audit Report Is Key To Capital Market Confidence

Report: Quality Of Audit Report Is Key To Capital Market Confidence

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published  the IOSCO Report on Good Practices for Audit Committees in Supporting Audit Quality, which seeks to assist audit committees in promoting and supporting audit qual...
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NSE Lists 108 Bonds In 2018 As Market Capitalisation Declines To N21.90 trillion

NSE Lists 108 Bonds In 2018 As Market Capitalisation Declines To N21.90 trillion

Between January and December 2018, the total number of listed bonds on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) increased to 108 bonds from 85 in 2017.  According to NSE, the increase helped to moderate the decline in number of quoted equities...
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Ecobank MD: We Are Dedicating Our Digital Assets To Support Growth Of MSMEs

Ecobank MD: We Are Dedicating Our Digital Assets To Support Growth Of MSMEs

Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has reaffirmed the bank’s commitment to the use its wide and versatile digital capacity to transform the entire value chain for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria. This according to h...
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2019: World Bank Projects 2.2% GDP Growth For Nigeria

2019: World Bank Projects 2.2% GDP Growth For Nigeria

Nigeria’s real GDP growth will expand by 2.2 per cent in 2019, the World Bank said in its annual Global Economic Prospects published on Wednesday, slightly upgrading the country’s projected growth rate from 2.1 per cent in June 2018. According...
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CBN Boosts Forex Market With $210m

CBN Boosts Forex Market With $210m

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has continued its intervention in the inter-bank sector of the Foreign Exchange market by injecting another sum of $210 million into the forex market. In the forex trading on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, the...
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Nigeria Injects $210m In First Forex Intervention In 2019

Nigeria Injects $210m In First Forex Intervention In 2019

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, January 4, 2019, made its first intervention in the inter-bank sector of the Foreign Exchange market for 2019 with a total sum of $210 million injected into the wholesale segment and other...
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First Bank Extends Agent Banking To 14 Markets In Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta

First Bank Extends Agent Banking To 14 Markets In Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta

As a part of efforts to deepen Financial Inclusion in Nigeria, First Bank of Nigeria Limited extended the Agent Banking campaign to 14 major markets and business points across Bayelsa, Cross River and Delta States. The Market Activation which spanned...
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Stock Markets Record Worst Year In Ten Years

Stock Markets Record Worst Year In Ten Years

Investors will be glad to see the back of 2018 after many global stock markets suffered their worst year in a decade. The FTSE 100’s traditional early New Year’s Eve close saw it end the year down 12% at 6,728.13...
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How To Reduce Cost Of Doing Business In Nigeria’s Capital Market,  By SEC Boss

How To Reduce Cost Of Doing Business In Nigeria’s Capital Market, By SEC Boss

When properly leveraged, technology will reduce the cost of doing business in Nigeria’s capital market, Acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Mary Uduk has said  According to Uduk, this is one of the reasons the apex...
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Nigeria Lifts Forex Market With $210m

Nigeria Lifts Forex Market With $210m

With the resumption of business after the Christmas and Boxing Day festivities, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday, December 27, 2018, intervened in the inter-bank sector of the Foreign Exchange market, injecting $210 million in the wholesale segmen...
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SEC Nigeria Pledges To Tackle Identity Theft In Capital Market

SEC Nigeria Pledges To Tackle Identity Theft In Capital Market

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, has urged shareholders to monitor their investments in the capital market, assuring that the Apex Regulator will live up to its responsibilities on investor protection.   Acting Director General of the SEC...
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