Press Release Lagos; 25/10/2013: UBA Global Investor Services, a Division of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc set up in September 2007 to process securities trades, safe-keep financial assets and service associated portfolios has won this year’s Custodian Bank of the Year Award for Nigeria, 2013 by Acquisition International, an […]
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Janet Yellen nominated by Obama to head US Federal Reserve
US President Barack Obama has officially nominated Federal Reserve vice-chair Janet Yellen to be the next head of the US central bank. He called her one of the nation’s foremost economists and policy makers. Ms Yellen said if confirmed by the Senate she would do her utmost “to promote maximum […]
World Bank Set to Reduce Poverty to 9% by 2020
By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The World Bank Group Wednesday said it has set an interim target to reduce global poverty to 9 percent (9%) by 2020, which, if achieved, would mark the first time the rate has fallen into the single digits. According to Jim Yong Kim, President of […]
