* Largely untapped market of over 80 million Muslims * Use of Islamic banking windows set to increase * Much of regulatory framework now established * First sukuk may come soon * Short-term liquidity management products under development Nigeria is gradually opening up to Islamic finance, a move that could […]
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Excerpts: Afrinvest 2013 Banking Sector Report — “Standing on the 4th Pillar”
2012 Banking Landscape In 2012, Nigerian banks management faced the challenge of trying to beat high earnings expectations which encouraged them to leverage on the high yield environment and increase exposure to fixed income securities in order to maximize tax free returns. We expect this “treasury focused” investment strategy to […]
NAHCO Aviance Appoint 2 New Executive Directors
By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) Tuesday announced it has appointed Ahmed Tijjani Uwais as a non-executive Director and Hadiza Aliko Mohammed as an Independent Director. AHMED TIJJANI UWAIS 43 years old Ahmed holds an LLB from the University of Ibadan, (1994) and obtained his BL Certificate […]
