Nigeria has approved new rules allowing companies to issue Islamic bonds this week, a move aimed at attracting Middle Eastern investors, the head of the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) told Reuters on Friday. Nigeria, home to the largest Muslim population in sub-Saharan Africa, is trying to establish itself […]
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Nigeria’s SEC to Establish Functional Whistleblowing Mechanism
By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said it will set up a functional and sustainable whistleblowing mechanism. Suleiman Ndanusa, the Chairman of SEC disclosed this in Lagos Nigeria at the Maiden Meeting with Publishers and Chief Executive Officers of media organisations in Nigeria. “We […]
Another S.E.C. Contender With Wall St. Ties
Even as Mary Jo White, President Obama’s choice to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, faces concerns about her work in private practice, she may end up finding a deputy in a lawyer who has taken a similar path. Andrew J. Ceresney, who was Ms. White’s lieutenant as both a […]
