OPINION/EDITORIAL

WTI Breaks $50 As Demand Fears Escalate

February 26, 2020/OilPrice.com –    The EIA forecasts that the U.S. will end the 2019-2020 winter heating season with 1,935 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas in storage, or 12 percent higher than the five-year average.  –    The EIA attributes the inventory build to a mild winter season and strong […]

The Policy Wave in the Nigerian Banking sector: A Poison or a Pill?

Culled—Proshare February 25, 2020/United Capital Research The current era of policymaking, by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), can largely be characterized as unorthodox. Outlining the recent policy pronouncements by the apex bank, the highlights include; increase in the minimum required Loan-to-Deposit ratio to 65.0%, the exclusion of local non-bank […]

The SEC’s Office of Credit Ratings and NRSRO Regulation: Past, Present, and Future

Feb. 24, 2020/US SEC Good morning.  Thank you, Kristi, for the kind introduction and for the invitation to join you here today.[1] I’m pleased to speak to you about the work that the SEC’s Office of Credit Ratings or “OCR” has been doing in an area of critical importance to […]