The Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stated that the Nigerian Capital Market has the capacity and well positioned to finance Public-Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects in the country. Yuguda made this remark at the 2023 Chartered Institute of…
VFD Group PLC (‘VFD Group’ or ‘the Group’), a leading proprietary investment company with investments in banking, non-banking financial institutions, market infrastructure, technology, real estate, hospitality, media, entertainment, and energy, has received shareholder approval to raise an additional N32.5 billion…
The financial services industry dominated in volume terms at the end of last week’s transactions on the equities sector of Nigeria’s capital market. It led the activity chart with 2.1 billion shares valued at n21.8 billion traded in 14,008 deals,…
By Philemon Adedeji The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has assured investors that the interest of minority shareholders would be protected during all transactions in the capital market. The Director General, SEC, Mr. Lamido Yuguda gave the assurance in Abuja…
The nation’s capital market received a major boost Wednesday as the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria passed into law, the Investments and Securities Bill 2023. The Bill which is expected to aid the functioning of the capital market…
The capital market is working to develop products that would make the market attractive to the younger generation in a bid to further deepen the market. Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Lamido Yuguda stated this…
By Philemon Adedeji The Revised Capital Market Master Plan 2015-2025 (RCMMP), developed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria in collaboration with stakeholders, has been described as capable of providing a blueprint to harness these opportunities to better position…
With the current state of the nation’s capital market, it is obvious that retail investors are still yet to recover from the market crash of 2008. The aftermath of the meltdown saw the nation’s capital market lose huge funds, as…
By Philemon Adedeji The expectation of Nigerian stock market is to close year 2022 on a positive note, due to the bullish sentiment that sustained an uptrend throughout December. The stock market performance showed that the Nigerian Exchange, which opened…
Some shareholders of companies quoted on the Nigerian Exchange have expressed worry that the frequent imposition of fines on companies defaulting from post-listing requirements is scaring away investors and potential companies willing to list on the nation’s capital market. The…
