Capital Market

IOSCO Launches Second Securities Markets Risk Outlook

Press Release Sep 01, 2014/IOSCO The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published the IOSCO Securities Markets Risk Outlook 2014-2015.  The Outlook is a forward-looking report focusing narrowly on issues relevant to securities markets and whether these may be, or could become, a threat to the financial system as […]

Nigeria Central Bank Selling Dollars to Stem Naira Slide

The Central Bank of Nigeria sold dollars directly to lenders outside of its regular currency auctions to meet demand and stabilize the naira, which gained today to pare a quarterly depreciation. “We do the auction, and when we see the interbank market going haywire, we intervene to bring the market […]

Nigerian Equities Market All-Share Index Gain 0.25%

By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Nigerian equities market on Tuesday posted a moderate gain as all-share index (ASI) climbed up 0.25 percent to 41,210.10 basis points compared to 0.70 percent increase recorded the last session; indicating Year-to-Date (Y-t-D) returns currently stands at a negative 0.29 percent. Cordros Capital daily market update reported […]