By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Nigerian equities market on Thursday trended further southward as current market Year-to-Date (Y-t-D) returns stands at 15.62 percent; while Month-to-Date (M-t-D) loss stands at 4.80 percent. At the end of the day’s session, the Nigerian Stock Exchange all-share index (NSE ASI) lost 0.65 percent […]

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 […]

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 […]