Updates

IOSCO Task Force issues report on the regulation of wholesale market conduct

June 13, 2017/IOSCO The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions today published IOSCO Task Force Report on Wholesale Market Conduct, which describes the tools and approaches that IOSCO members use to discourage, identify, prevent and sanction misconduct by individuals in wholesale markets. Wholesale markets are an important source […]

NNPC’s Need of a Stability Dividend

Culled—Proshare June 13, 2017/FBNQuest Research In March the NNPC reduced its operating deficit from N14.1bn the previous month to N5.6bn (US$18m), its best performance since the token profit of N0.3bn in May 2016. The driver was the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), the corporation’s most profitable unit, which pushed its […]

Why you have not Secured Investors

Culled—Proshare June 13, 2017/Brickstone Partners Introduction Every investor wants to bet on a winning horse. I mean what’s the point in losing money on purpose? But that’s the risk taken on a gamble. And the same can be said about investing in startups and growth businesses. No matter what stage […]