Nigeria’s Union Bank aims to boost its loan portfolio by 30 percent in the second half of 2014, after increasing it by 10 percent in the first six months, targeting retail and business customers, its chief finance officer said. “In the second half we would do 30 percent (in loans). […]

India’s central bank governor, renowned for forecasting the 2008 financial meltdown, has warned that the world economy faces risk of another market crash as asset prices surge. Increasing global financial instability stems from investors chasing ever higher yields, Raghuram Rajan, a former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist, told the […]

Pres Release/IOSCO July 24, 2014 The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published its Report on the IOSCO Social Media and Automation of Advice Tools Surveys. The paper presents the results of four surveys on the use of social media and automated advice tools in capital markets, and how […]