Author: InvestAdvocate

Intraday Update: Nigerian Stocks Inch Up +0.08%, Buoyed by Blue Chips

September 10, 2024/InvestmentOne Report ASI as at 12.00pm: +0.08% Top Gainers and Losers: RTBRISCOE (+9.93%), CAVERTON (+9.77%), LEARNAFRCA (-9.93%) and UNIVINSURE (-8.11%). Sector Performances: Oil & Gas (+0.51%), Industrial (+0.01%), Consumer Goods (-0.18%) and Banking (-0.60%). Market activity: In today’s trade, total volume declined by 53% while total value increased […]

SEC Charges Seven Public Companies with Violations of Whistleblower Protection Rule

September 9, 2024/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against seven public companies for using employment, separation, and other agreements that violated rules prohibiting actions to impede whistleblowers from reporting potential misconduct to the SEC. To settle the SEC’s charges, the companies agreed to pay more […]

SEC Approves a New PCAOB Quality Control Standard

New standard is designed to drive registered public accounting firms to significantly improve their quality control systems September 9, 2024/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s (PCAOB) new quality control (QC) standard and related amendments to its standards, rules, and forms.  QC […]