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FirstRand Targets $924 Million for Expansion in Africa

FirstRand Ltd. (FSR), Africa’s biggest bank by market value, is setting aside 10 billion rand ($924 million) for expansion across the continent as profit increases from regions outside its home market of South Africa. “We’ve got a provisional license in Ghana and should be up and running there in early […]

Oando’s Subsidiary to Sell 60 Million Shares via Toronto Stock Exchange

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Oando Energy Resources (OER) last Friday announced that a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oando Plc, has filed a Form 45-102F1 on SEDAR as Project No. 2257775 to provide the required notice of its intention to sell up to 60 million common shares of OER through the […]

Fifth Street Asset Management files for IPO

Alternative asset manager Fifth Street Asset Management Inc filed with the U.S. regulators for an initial public offering of Class A common stock. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs were among the major underwriters for the IPO, the Greenwich, Connecticut-based company told the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission in […]