Fri Mar 4, 2016/Reuters By Ulf Laessing A sophisticated attack on a sub-sea pipeline in Nigeria’s Delta might herald a return to the kind of widespread militant violence that crippled the oil industry in Africa’s top producer less than a decade ago. Attacks on oil facilities have been on the […]
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Cowry Weekly Financial Markets Review & Outlook
March 4, 2016/Cowry Assets Renewed Bargain Hunting Lifts NSE ASI by 6.57% W-o-W The Nigerian Stock Exchange recorded renewed bargain hunting activities which resulted in upswing in equities prices amid decline in investments transaction volumes and Naira votes fell by 65.66% and 25.35% to1.54 billion shares and N8.76 billion respectively. […]
Benefits and Costs of Bank Capital-IMF
March 3, 2016/IMF Staff Discussion Note Executive Summary Few issues have elicited a more contentious debate than the appropriate level of capital requirements. Proponents of stricter regulation point to the risks associated with high bank leverage and the exorbitant costs of the global financial crisis. Opponents of higher capital requirements […]
