Updates

PFAs Increase Investments in Better Yielding Bank Placement, Bonds; Slow Down on T-Bills

May 22, 2020/Cowry Asset Report Freshly released report on pension fund assets by National Pension Commission (NPC) showed that the total value of pension assets rose year on year (y-o-y) by 17.88% to N10.51 trillion in February 2020 from N8.91 trillion in February 2019. According to the report, most of […]

Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy is optimistic about the future

Although Namibia is largely a consuming country, it hopes to grow its upstream industry, improve energy security through diversifying its energy mix May 15, 2020/AEC With the recently introduced reforms in Namibia’s renewable energy sector and the growing presence and entry of international oil companies entering the hydrocarbons sector, the […]

SEC Announces New Investor Advisory Committee Members

May 15, 2020/US SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of six new members to its Investor Advisory Committee. The Committee was established under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to advise the Commission on regulatory priorities, regulation of securities products, trading strategies, fee structures, […]