Liberia considering stock exchange
Talks have started in Liberia on establishing a stock exchange and the Central Bank of Liberia is set to play a leading role, according to ...
Talks have started in Liberia on establishing a stock exchange and the Central Bank of Liberia is set to play a leading role, according to ...
The effect of the global financial crisis on Africa should be relatively short term says Standard Bank Emerging Markets strategist Michael Hugman, according to a ...
Two new listings are heading to the Tunisian Stock Exchange (www.bvmt.com.tn) according to Tunisian online news sources www.tustex.com and Tunisia Online News (www.tunisiaonlinenews.com). Prominent regional ...
Proposed amendments to Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA: www.cma.or.ke) Act would block institutional investors from getting compensation for money lost in cases of collapse of ...
Stockbroker and investment bank Exotix Limited says the Ghana Stock Exchange’s All-Share Index has so far been the world’s worst performer in 2009, falling 49% ...
It has been hard to get news of the African Stock Exchanges Association this year, but news reports talk of integration between the Ghana and ...
South African investors can trade two of the best-known IT names through the listing of single stock futures (SSFs) on Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) and Google (www.google.com) ...
The curriculum of the Securities Industry Training Institute (SITI) has been launched in Kampala, Uganda.
SITI aims to standardize training on a wide range of ...
Another step has been taken towards the appointment of the new Director-General for Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission. The Senate last week confirmed the appointment ...
The Uganda Securities Exchange (www.use.or.ug) is seeking innovative steps to make its market more relevant to the development needs of the local economy by relaxing ...
Kenya is considering speeding up plans to privatize the Nairobi Stock Exchange (www.nse.co.ke), the biggest market in East Africa. The aim is initially that stockbrokers ...
Zimbabwe’s 2010 budget includes slashing transaction costs on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) by more than half, to 3.21% (buying 1.73%, selling 1.48%) from 7.5%, ...
A Global Index Insurance Facility has been launched as an insurance scheme to help compensate for certain catastrophic events, depending on their severity. The GIIF ...
The recently formed Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (www.efsa.gov.eg) is tightening regulation for listed companies and other financial market intermediaries. It is working with the Egyptian ...
The African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) is set to discuss "Global Crisis: Opportunities for African Capital Markets” within 2 weeks. The 13th ASEA conference will ...
Aureos Capital at the start of November launched its $400m sub-Saharan private equity fund focusing on small- to mid-market companies. The Aureos Africa Fund was ...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange is seeking some US$33 million in capital for its fifth software upgrade and also to help finance the Sierra Leone stock ...
KenGen's KSh25 billion (US$336 million) bond launched the Automated Trading System (ATS) of the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE – www.nse.co.ke) on 9 November.
This is not strictly an African story, but Islamic finance is a very important for much of Africa.. The International Finance Corporation (IFC – www.ifc.org), ...
From 9 November, Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission is to call stockbrokers and other market participants before its Administrative Proceedings Committee (APC). This is part ...