Author: InvestAdvocate

Nigeria@65: SEC DG Calls for Financial Independence through Capital Market Participation

October 1, 2025/SEC Nigeria The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Emomotimi Agama, has urged Nigerians to take advantage of opportunities in the capital market to build personal and national financial independence as the country marked its 65th Independence Anniversary.In a goodwill message titled “Forging a […]

Africa Must Seize Global Trade Disruption as ‘Historic Opportunity,’ Leaders Tell Private Sector

African leaders see the moment as critical for the continent to strengthen intra-African commerce and reduce dependence on external markets October 1, 2025/AfDB Ivorian Prime Minister Robert Mambé and African Development Bank Group President Sidi Ould Tah have urged Africa’s private sector to take centre stage in the continent’s economic […]

Dollar’s Share of Reserves Held Steady in Second Quarter When Adjusted for FX Moves

(Credit: spawns/iStock by Getty Images)  October 1, 2025/IMFBlog By Glen Kwende, Erin Nephew, Carlos Sánchez-Muñoz Our unique data on the currency composition of global foreign exchange reserves, COFER, track how much of the world’s reserves are held at central banks in different currencies—such as the US dollar, the euro, Japanese yen, Chinese renminbi, British […]