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Recovery hopes leave European shares hovering at two and a half month highs

European stocks rose to 2-1/2 month highs on Monday on signs that China’s slowdown has run its course and expectations that data this week will point to the euro zone pulling out of its longest recession on record. Britain’s FTSE 100 (.FTSE), Germany’s DAX (.GDAXI) and Paris’s CAC 40 (.FCHI) […]

CRR: Banks may limit participation in bond market

Capital market analysts have said banks may reduce their positions in the fixed income market after the implementation of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s 50 per cent Cash Reserve Requirements on public sector deposits took effect on Wednesday. According to analysts at Meristem Securities Limited, in a report on the […]

Protecting minority shareholders

Recently, there were calls by some stakeholders in the Nigerian Capital Market for regulatory authorities to do more to protect minority shareholders. Simon Ejembi writes on some of the issues raised When the Nigerian Bottling Company Plc got voluntarily delisted from the Nigerian Capital Market in 2011, many people were […]