Stock Market Archives — Page 19 of 38

March 14, 2018 No Responses

Investors Stake N2.2B On Zenith Bank Shares

Transactions on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday closed on a positive note as market capitalization capitalisation increased by N6 billion or 0.04 per cent to close at N15.408 trillion compared with the N15.402 trillion recorded on...

March 13, 2018 No Responses

Financial Fraud: Group Seeks Protection For Ageing Investors

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions on Monday published a report that examines the growing vulnerability of ageing investors to financial fraud and other risks and identifies sound practices for enhancing their protection. T...

March 13, 2018 No Responses

NSE Market Capitalisation Drops By N105B

Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened for the week on Monday with a drop of 0.26 per cent due to price depreciation of some blue chips. The All-Share Index dipped 111.35 points or 0.26 per cent to close...

March 8, 2018 No Responses

NSE Photo News

L – R; Eme Essien, Country Manager, International Finance Corporation (IFC); Bekeme Olowola, CEO CSR – In –Action; Fatima Bello-Ismail, Council Member, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Oscar N. Onyema OON, CEO, NSE, Dame Abimbola Fashola, Chairman,...

March 8, 2018 No Responses

IOSCO Begins Consultation On Trading Venues, Volatility

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is seeking feedback on its proposed recommendations to assist trading venues and regulatory authorities in the implementation of mechanisms to manage extreme volatility. Extreme vola...

March 1, 2018 No Responses

Reps To Probe Alleged Malpractice In Nigerian Capital Market

The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate the alleged stagnation of some publicly-quoted companies, especially insurance firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). This followed a motion by Rep. Femi Fakeye (Osun-APC), who ex...

March 1, 2018 No Responses

Odundo, CEO, Nairobi Securities Exchange Unveils Agenda For Green Bonds, Derivatives In 2018

The World Federation of Exchange (WFE) in Its February Publication is pleased to feature a Q&A with Geoffrey O. Odundo, CEO, Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), one of the WFE’s newest members. QUESTION: The WFE welcomed NSE as a full...

March 1, 2018 No Responses

‘Importance Of Money Matters For Children, Youth

Global Money Week (GMW), a CYFI initiative, is an annual money awareness campaign built to inspire children and young people to learn about money matters, livelihoods and entrepreneurship. The event started as a Child Finance Day & Week in 2012...

February 28, 2018 No Responses

WFE Tasks Stock Exchanges On Family Firms, Listing Opportunities

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has published a report into family businesses, investigating the opportunities and challenges for family firms when considering public equity as a source of funding. The report – entitled Family Firms and Listing: O...

February 22, 2018 No Responses

IOSCO to Tackle Conflicts of Interest in Equity Capital Raising Process

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is proposing guidance to help its members address conflicts of interest and associated misconduct risks that may arise during the equity capital raising process. Conflicts of inte...

February 16, 2018 No Responses

SEC Stops Stock Exchange Sale to Investors

United States regulators killed politically-sensitive-sale of Chicago Stock Exchange to China-based investors. It said lack-of-information on the would-be-buyers threatened proper-monitor of the exchange after the deal, Media reports on Friday. The move by ...

February 6, 2018 No Responses

CBN injects $210m into foreign exchange market

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected 210 million dollars into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market to ensure availability and meet customers’ requests in various segments of the market. Giving a breakdown of the amount, the acting Director, Corporate...

February 2, 2018 No Responses

World Federation of Exchanges to focus on SMEs, cyber security, regulatory coherence in 2018

The World Federation of Exchanges ( WFE) has agreed its 2018 business priorities will focus on areas including regulatory coherence; CCP recovery & resolution issues; cyber security; FinTech; and SMEs. These key business priorities are in addition t...

February 1, 2018 No Responses

Africa Prudential Revamps Registrar Services

In line with its determination to dominate and redefine the landscape of registrar service delivery in the country, Africa Prudential Plc, has unveiled her new USSD code, *4018# tagged “Personal Registrar”. The USSD code, *4018#, which was unveiled in La...