Speakers: CHRISTINE LAGARDEManaging Director, IMFDAVID LIPTONFirst Deputy Managing Director, IMFGERRY RICEDirector, Communications Department, IMF               Mr. Rice ? Good morning everyone and thank you for coming today, and welcome to our 2014 Annual Meetings. We look forward to the questions this morning and ask you to be brief and […]

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Skye Bank Plc has signed an agreement with Nigeria’s Asset Management Corporation (AMCON) to acquire Mainstreet Bank Limited; following the bank’s emergence as the preferred buyer for the rescued lender. Reports by Bloomberg quoted Kayode Lambo, spokesman for the Asset Management Company as saying that […]

Oct 08, 2014/Christine Lagarde, Managing Director IMF   Introduction   Good morning. I am delighted to welcome you to today’s conference on the challenges of job-rich and inclusive growth. To have all of you here today, from all walks of the IMF’s membership, reflects how widely these issues resonate. With […]