Capital Market

We need to Develop our Capital Market- Lawmaker

December 9, 2020/SEC Nigeria The need for Nigeria to develop the capital market in a bid to accelerate economic growth and tackle the infrastructural challenges bedevilling the nation, has again been emphasised.  Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and other Institutions, Mr. Babangida Ibrahim stated this during a […]

SEC seeks more listings, products in capital market

December 6, 2020/CAMCAN The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is exploring various avenues to bring more companies to list on the capital market and to increase the number of products in the market. The commission said the initiative would raise the market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and […]

SSA Equity Market: A Sellers’ Market Save for Nigeria

December 4, 2020/United Capital Report The performance of the equity market in the global, emerging and frontier markets was largely negative in H1-2020, the bearish sentiment observed in the market was attributable to the coronavirus pandemic, with investors exiting their positions in riskier assets like equities in favour of safe […]