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IMF Reports 7.9% Rise in Total Inward Direct Investment

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Uyo (INVESTADVOCATE)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday reported a 7.9 percent (7.9%) rise in total inward direct investment from $24.1 trillion in 2011 to $26.0 trillion in 2012. According to a Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS), the Fund’s worldwide survey of bilateral direct investment positions, the […]

Japan readies $182 billion economic package, no new debt needed: sources

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is readying a $182 billion economic package this week in his latest bid to pull the economy out of deflation, but the new measures will not require the government to sell more debt. The package, to be approved by Abe's government on Thursday, will have […]

UBA Global Investor Services Is Nigeria’s Custodian Bank of the Year

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 […]