Much worse than 2008 Global Financial Crisis?
The breathtaking volatility that has rocked the stock market for two weeks is rippling through other asset classes…
Saudis Plan Big Oil Output Hike, Beginning All-Out Price War
Saudi Arabia plans to increase oil output next month, looking to boost it well above 10 million barrels a day, as…
Aramco Drops Below IPO Price in Blow to Saudi Economic Plan
Saudi Aramco shares dropped below their IPO level for the first time as a looming price war in global crude…
South African President appoints Okonjo-Iweala member SA Economic Advisory Council
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former minister of finance, was at South Africa’s presidential economic advisory…
Silk roadblock: coronavirus exposes Nigeria’s reliance on China
Yetunde Oluyide has run a gift shop in bustling Lagos for nearly a decade, but with coronavirus curtailing imports…
5 Steps to Making a Profit in Crude Oil Trading
Crude oil trading offers excellent opportunities to profit in nearly all market conditions due to its unique…
No One Wants to Be a Nigerian Stock Trader as Volumes Plunge
Stockbrokers are out of fashion in Nigeria.
Not a single company registered to become a dealer on the West…
The U.S. May Already Be in a Recession
Let’s just say it: The longest economic expansion in U.S. history may already be over, killed by Covid-19.
It…
Tech companies have canceled some high-profile conferences, causing an estimated…
Tech companies have canceled some high-profile conferences, causing an estimated economic loss of $666 million amid…
Traders Dust Off Old Disaster Hedge With Virus Fear Escalating
When markets are in turmoil, traders turn to their favourite hedges.
They’re going for a classic form of…
South Africa’s rand steady in calm trade after coronavirus slide
South Africa’s rand traded slightly firmer early on Friday, recovering from a sharp dip in the previous session…
Gucci cancels fashion cruise due to rising coronavirus concerns
Fashion house, Gucci, has cancelled its Cruise 2021 show due to the ongoing Corona virus (covid-19) outbreak.…
Coronation Merchant Bank declares N5.09bn profit after tax for 2019
Coronation Merchant Bank Limited on Thursday announced a profit after tax of N5.09 billion for the financial year…
Foreign investment inflow reverses trend
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Nigeria may have returned to the downward trend after a mild recovery in 2018.…
Coronavirus: Fear returns to stock markets
Global stock markets have fallen sharply as investors continue to worry about the broader economic effects of the…
StanChart grows full-year profit by eight per cent
Standard Chartered (StanChart) has grown its full year 2019 profit by eight per cent and improved earnings per…
Unity Bank introduces USSD in Nigerian languages
Unity Bank Plc has launched an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data, USSD banking in Nigeria’s three major…
Stanbic IBTC nets N75b profit in 2019
Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc recorded a net profit of N75.04 billion in 2019 as the financial holding company…
Union Bank pays first dividend in 11 years
Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc on Thursday announced a dividend recommendation of about N7.3 billion for the 2019…
What does Coronavirus outbreak mean for investors?
From Wuhan, one of China’s most populous cities, the 2019 novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has now spread to 74 more…
US markets in sharp drop amid rollercoaster over coronavirus
US stock markets closed sharply lower again on Thursday as fears about fallout from the virus outbreak sent more…
Embattled Twitter chief Dorsey reconsiders Africa move amid coronavirus concerns
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said on Thursday he is reconsidering a proposed stint in…
OPEC seeks big oil cut in crunch talks with Russia amid virus outbreak
OPEC holds crunch talks with its allies on Friday after the group told Russia and others it wanted an additional…
FX intervention pressure mounts on Brazil central bank to sell dollar reserves
Brazil’s currency is weakening so quickly the central bank may soon be forced to set aside its free-market…
IMF: coronavirus means 2020 growth will be lower than 2019
The International Monetary Fund is to offer $50bn (£39bn) in emergency funding for countries hit by the…
Moving goods from Apapa port 10 times costlier than Ghanaian, South African ports
A research carried out by SBM Intelligence has shown that it is 10 times costlier to move goods from the port in…
Next Bank of England governor calls for funds for coronavirus-hit firms
The incoming governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has called on the government to offer emergency…
CBN widens activities of Mfbs to include issuance of CPs
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has widened the permissible activities of Micro Finance Banks (MfBs) to include…
Forex racketeering: Reps probe CBN, FIRS, others over $30bn leakages
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Inland Revenue…
South Africa Central Banker Sees No Need for Emergency Rates Meeting
South Africa’s central bank sees no need for an emergency meeting on interest rates and will wait for its regular…