Capital Market

NSE: Bulls Retreat as Index Dip 1.17% on Profit-Taking

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The bulls Wednesday retreated at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on profit-taking as all-share index (ASI) dipped 1.17 percent to close at 29,870.86 basis points, while market capitalisation declined by N121.90 billion to N10.27 trillion. With today’s loss, current market Year-to-Date (Y-t-D) returns on the […]

IOSCO-CPMI Issues Harmonisation of key OTC Derivatives Data Elements

Sept 02, 2015/IOSCO The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) said on Wednesday they have published for public comment a consultative report entitled Harmonisation of a first batch of key OTC derivatives data elements (other than Unique Transaction Identifier, UTI, and […]

IOSCO Unveils Eight Reform Areas on Regulation of Money Market Funds

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Global securities regulator,  the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on Wednesday published the final report on the Peer Review of Regulation of Money Market Funds, which describes the implementation progress made by 31 jurisdictions in adopting legislation, regulation and other policies in relation to […]