Tag: Capital Market

CBN Lifts Forex Market With $205m
May 8, 2019 No Responses

CBN Lifts Forex Market With $205m

The interbank segment of the Foreign Exchange Market has received a boost of $205 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) following the sales concluded on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.  Figures obtained from the CBN indicated that authorized dealers...
read more
Financial Literacy Team Visits FIRS Boss, Explains Capital Market Studies Curriculum
May 7, 2019 No Responses

Financial Literacy Team Visits FIRS Boss, Explains Capital Market Studies Curriculum

There are indications that the proposed stand-alone curriculum on Capital Market Studies, CMS, will soon be infused into carrier subjects in Basic and Secondary Schools in Nigeria.This indication was given by the Chairperson of the Financial Literacy Technical...
read more
SEC Receives MTN’s Application For Listing on Nigerian Stock Exchange
May 6, 2019 No Responses

SEC Receives MTN’s Application For Listing on Nigerian Stock Exchange

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday disclosed  that MTN Nigeria has formally applied for listing by introduction on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). SEC Head, Corporate Communications, Efe Ebelo,  who confirmed the development explaine...
read more
Textile Smuggling: CBN To Blacklist Banks, Firms, Individuals
May 6, 2019 No Responses

Textile Smuggling: CBN To Blacklist Banks, Firms, Individuals

To revive Nigeria’s moribund cotton, textiles and garments sector, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday commenced the distribution of cotton seeds and other inputs to farmers in Katsina State.To encourage local textile production, the apex bank also t...
read more
SEC Nigeria To Align Master Plan With Current Economic Realities
April 28, 2019 No Responses

SEC Nigeria To Align Master Plan With Current Economic Realities

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to align the 10 Year Capital Market Master plan with current economic realities as well as ensure the planned  review is concluded in record time. Acting Director General of  SEC Nigeria, Ms. Mary Uduk...
read more
Access Bank Shareholders Get 25kobo Final Dividend
April 26, 2019 No Responses

Access Bank Shareholders Get 25kobo Final Dividend

Shareholders of Access Bank Plc on Thursday approved the final payment of 25kobo dividend.  Speaking during the  Annual General Meeting in Lagos, the Shareholders also commended the Board and Management of the Bank on the successful merger with Diamo...
read more
Microsoft Hits $1trillion Market Value
April 26, 2019 No Responses

Microsoft Hits $1trillion Market Value

Microsoft has seen its stock market value top $1 trillion (£774bn) after reporting better-than-expected sales and profits. The US software giant passed the mark briefly on Thursday, before its share price fell back. It makes it one of only three...
read more
CBN Records N718.0b, $1.1b From NCR In 2018
April 24, 2019 No Responses

CBN Records N718.0b, $1.1b From NCR In 2018

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that it recorded a huge leap in the value of financing statements under the National Collateral Registry (NCR) in the last five years from N487 billion and $20 million in 2017 to...
read more
Emefiele To Investors: Nigeria Ready For Business
April 14, 2019 No Responses

Emefiele To Investors: Nigeria Ready For Business

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured investors and the international community that the country has gone through a successful election and was ready for investments. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele,  in Washington DC, at the weekend, held an...
read more
Tony Elumelu Foundation Hosts European Commission, Finance Institutions, Others In Brussels
April 12, 2019 No Responses

Tony Elumelu Foundation Hosts European Commission, Finance Institutions, Others In Brussels

At a time when Europe’s relationship with Africa is high on foreign policy and developmental agenda and with the European Union beginning to deliver on its 2017 External Investment Plan, targeted at attracting investment and job creation in Africa, the...
read more
Analysts Make Assessment Of CBN’s Report Card Under Emefiele
March 31, 2019 No Responses

Analysts Make Assessment Of CBN’s Report Card Under Emefiele

The Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele can be described as the proverbial cat with nine lives considering the storms he weathered in the past five years. Typically, in Nigeria’s political scene, it is usually not easy for...
read more
MPR Reduction: More Experts Laud CBN
March 29, 2019 No Responses

MPR Reduction: More Experts Laud CBN

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)  for  reducing the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 50 basis points from 14 per cent to 13.5  per cent. Its Director-General, Mr. Muda Yusuf...
read more
Entities Must Identify, Block Fraudsters, Says Saleh, CEO, Egyptian Stock Exchange
March 29, 2019 No Responses

Entities Must Identify, Block Fraudsters, Says Saleh, CEO, Egyptian Stock Exchange

The Executive Chairman, Egyptian Stock Exchange, Mohamed Farid Saleh, has advised financial institution to put in place a detailed Know Your Customer (KYC) policy as part of measures to curtail financial crimes.  In a chat with WFE in house magazine,...
read more
Nigeria To Auction N100b Bonds
March 20, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria To Auction N100b Bonds

The Federal Government of Nigeria will auction by subscription N100 billion worth of bonds on March 27, 2019. The Debt Management Office (DMO)  in a circular on its website on Tuesday explained  that the five-year re-opening bonds of N40 billion...
read more
1 … 58 59 60 61