Author: InvestAdvocate

Nigeria’s External Reserve Increase by 35% in 2012 end-IMF

By Richard ABANGWU InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s International Reserve has increased by 35 percent (35%) in year 2012 end. This is part of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) Executive Board Assessment on Nigeria after it concluded its 2012 Article IV consultation. According to the IMF, Nigeria’s external position has strengthened and […]

World Total FOREX Holdings Hits 10.9 Trillion from 1995 to 2012

Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-World Total Foreign Exchange Holdings has hit N10.9 trillion from 1995 to 2012 according to data obtained from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Statistics Department Currency Composition of Official Foreign Exchange Reserves (COFER) and International Financial Statistics (IFS). According to the IMF, the statistics last updated […]

Big depositors in Cyprus to lose far more than feared

Big depositors in Cyprus’s largest bank stand to lose far more than initially feared under a European Union rescue package to save the island from bankruptcy, a source with direct knowledge of the terms said on Friday. Under conditions expected to be announced on Saturday, depositors in Bank of Cyprus […]