Investors Stake N8.2 Billion On Equities In Five Trading Days
At the end of last week’s transactions, a turnover of 989.6 million shares worth N8.2 billion was recorded in 9,617…
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Oikocredit Provides Loan To Malian Mango Processor
Social impact investor Oikocredit provided a loan of € 1.6 million to Comafruits, a fruit processing company in Mali. Comafruits…
Kenya Wapi Pay Secures $2.2m Pre-Seed Round To Ease Payments Between Africa And Asia
Investors that took part in the round include MSA Capital, EchoVC, Kepple Africa, Future Hub, Transsion Holdings and Gobi Ventures.…
Naspers Foundry Makes Second Insuretech Deal In Two Weeks
Naspers has been making news headlines in the past few weeks, with Naspers’ subsidiary Prosus coming under pressure due to…
Analysis: Democrats See Chance To Reset Wall St. Oversight When Top Fed Official Steps Down
The looming exit of the Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official will give Democrats an opportunity to reverse the central bank’s…
UK House Prices Return To Growth In July – Halifax
British house prices rose in July after falling in June as demand for bigger homes following pandemic lockdowns helped to…
London Stock Exchange Sales Rise As Refinitiv Integration Motors On
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG.L) reported a rise in first-half revenue on Friday, flagging progress integrating data giant Refinitiv and rewarding investors…
Heirs Life, Insurance, Promise Efficient Service Delivery
Heirs Insurance Limited and Heirs Life Assurance, have confirmed that customers are now able to purchase insurance policies from their…
Credit Suisse To Repay Another $400 Mln To Greensill-Linked Fund Investors
Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) will repay another $400 million to investors in its Greensill-linked supply chain finance funds, the Swiss bank said on…
Stock Market Ends Five-day Rally, Investors Lose N66bn
Investors in the equities market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited lost N65.18bn on Thursday, ending a rally that spanned five…
Robinhood Shares Dive 27.6%; Filing Sparks Worries Early Investors could Sell
Shares of Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O) tumbled on Thursday, snapping a four-day winning streak, after the newly public online brokerage said early…
Stock Futures Rebound As Investors Await More Jobs Data
Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. equity indexes were mildly higher Thursday morning as Wall Street looked to improve…
‘Investors To Exploit Opportunities In N100b Infrastructure Fund’
Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Limited, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc has stated that its N100 billion Infrastructure Fund…
NNPC Buys $2.76bn Stake In Dangote Refinery
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) is forging ahead with its plans to buy 20 percent stake in the Dangote Petroleum…
Different From Bitcoin’ — What You Need To Know About ENaira, CBN’s Proposed Digital Currency
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it will launch the pilot scheme of its digital currency (eNaira)…
Oritsejafor: Domestic Investors Will Continue To Dominate Equities Market
Managing/Chief Executive Officer of United Capital Securities Limited, Mr. Bawo Oritsejafor in this interview with Goddy Egene speaks on the…
Foreign Investors Withdraw N116.72bn From Stock Market In Six Months
The Nigerian Exchange Limited has revealed that foreign investors in the equities market withdrew a total of $116.72bn from Janury…
DMO Offers FG Savings Bonds For Subscription At N1,000 Per Unit
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has announced an offering for the federal government of Nigeria (FGN) savings bonds at N1,000…
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: General Motors, CVS Health, Kraft Heinz, Tupperware and others
General Motors (GM) – General Motors missed the consensus estimate of $2.23 per share with an adjusted second-quarter profit of…
Elon Musk’s Photos Show SpaceX Rolling Out Its Massive Rocket Booster For Starship
SpaceX on Tuesday rolled out the rocket booster that the company plans to use to launch the first Starship orbital…
After $75b Investments In 20 Years, Telecoms Service Still Struggling
Twenty years after the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) licensed the first two Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) that birthed the revolution…
Sterling Gains On Optimism For UK’s COVID-19 Restrictions Outlook
Sterling rose on Tuesday, helped by recent falls in COVID-19 infections in Britain, optimism around Britain’s easing of lockdown restrictions…
Moscow Exchange To Extend Bond Trading Hours To Attract Retail Investors
The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) plans to extend the hours during which bonds can be traded from this autumn in a…
Dollar On Back Foot Vs Safe-Haven Peers As Delta Virus Spreads
The dollar was on the back foot against the safe-haven yen and Swiss franc on Tuesday after soft U.S. manufacturing…
China’s Yuan Slips As Domestic Coronavirus Cases Rise
China’s yuan weakened on Tuesday as a surge of coronavirus cases of the Delta variant in the country prompted tough…
Marvell Tech To Acquire Innovium For $1.1 Bln As It Courts More Cloud Customers
Marvell Technology Inc (MRVL.O) on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire chip startup Innovium in a $1.1 billion all-stock deal aimed…
UK Takeovers Hit 14-Year High In First Seven Months Of 2021
Takeovers of British companies hit a 14-year high by value in the first seven months of 2021, Refinitiv data shows,…
Hong Kong Regulator Fines UBS $1.5 Mln For Compliance Breaches
Swiss bank UBS (UBSG.S) was fined HK$11.55 million ($1.5 million) by Hong Kong’s securities regulator for failing to disclose its holdings in…
Treasury Yields Climb, 10-Year Rate Rises To 1.19%
U.S. Treasury yields climbed on Tuesday morning, with the 10-year rate rising to top 1.19%, despite concerns about a slowdown…
Senate Uncovers Irregularities In N1.1tr Federal Government Of Nigeria Investments At Financial Institutions
The Senate has uncovered irregularities in N1.1 trillion Federal Government investments in Crown Agents Bank and other financial institutions. Crown…