By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The European Commission (EC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday said they have signed €20 million contribution to the Regional Technical Assistance Centers in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Regions. According to Nemat Shafik, Deputy Managing Director (DMD) at the IMF, on October […]
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Fitch: Global Credit Growth to Pick Up in Developed World; Slowing in EMs
Fitch Ratings says in its latest Macro-PrudentialRisk Monitor that global real lending growth should pick up to 4% this year, after having slowed to 2.5% in 2012, as credit contraction in the developed world and emerging Europe ends while EM growth continues, albeit slowing. This would take lending growth back […]
Regulator fines Bank of Cyprus for non-disclosure on Greek debt
Cypriot financial regulators have fined Bank of Cyprus BOC.CY and six of its former executives for failing to give shareholders information on the lender’s Greek government bond holdings, which almost bankrupted it. Large depositors were forced to recapitalize the bank this year after it reported massive losses on its Greek […]
