Capital Market

IOSCO, Basel Committee Amends Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Global securities regulator, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said on Wednesday they have amended the framework for margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives. Both agencies said relative to the 2013 framework, the revisions delay the beginning of […]

SEC to Partner Pearl Awards on Corporate Governance

March 18, 2015/SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advised the board of governors of the Performance, Earnings And Returns Leadership (Pearl) Awards Nigeria to include Good Corporate Governance in its criteria to reward quoted companies in Nigeria. The Commission also assured of its readiness to collaborate with the […]

Bears Reign Push Nigerian Stocks to Third Consecutive Loss, as Investors Exit Persist

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Continuous bears reign on Wednesday pushed the Nigerian Stock market to its third consecutive loss as all share index (ASI) declined marginally by 0.4 percent to 29,434.46 points, while market capitalisation dropped by N39.79 billion to N9.82trillion. With today’s marginal loss, current market year-to-date (Y-t-D) […]