By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Global securities regulator, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on Wednesday said it has proposed nine (9) standards aimed at mitigating the risks in the non-centrally cleared OTC derivatives market according to its consultation report entitled “Risk Mitigation Standards for Non-Centrally Cleared OTC Derivatives’’. […]

Investors looking to hedge their bets or speculate on the direction of Alibaba Group’s IPO-BABA.N stock after its expected public sale of shares on Friday, will be able to trade its options in two weeks, as U.S. options exchanges are expected to list contracts on the company. The Chinese e-commerce […]

Stanbic IBTC Asset Management has opened its initial public offering for the Stanbic IBTC Exchange Traded Fund 30. The company, a member of Standard Bank Group, said in a statement on Tuesday that it opened the IPO on Monday with 10,000,000 units of the fund available at N100 each at […]