* Aims to grow loans sharply this year * To raise 46 bln naira in debt and equity * Shares down 19.3 pct this year Nigerian lender Skye Bank is targeting retail and business customers this year with a goal to expand loans by 15 percent, up from 2 percent […]

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Tuesday put the corporate bond market at $3.2 trillion in 2013 compared to $0.9 trillion in 2000. This is contained in a published staff working paper of the global securities commission entitled ‘’ Corporate Bond Market: A […]

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-James .F. Entwistle, United States (US) Ambassador to Nigeria will visit the Nigerian stock exchange (NSE) Wednesday on a courtesy visit. According to the NSE, the visiting envoy will discuss ways on strengthening existing bilateral collaboration between Nigeria and the US and current plans to […]