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Nigerian PenCom adjusts pension

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... with support apparently available through some World Bank and IFC economic instruments. Under previous regulations in Nigeria, only bonds issued by the Federal Government of Nigeria or Central Bank of Nigeria could receive investments by pension fund ...

African dev't needs private equity: Mobius

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... needed as a starter," said Mobius. He said South Africa is the largest and most liquid market in sub-Saharan Africa and Nigeria is quickly emerging as an investment destination. Kenya, Botswana, Ghana and Morocco are also presenting interesting investment ...

Future Fund behind Azerbaijan on transparency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... Pension Fund-Global and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund SWFs with scores less than two out of 10 were based in Oman, Nigeria, Kiribati, Iran, Brunei and Algeria.

Amnesty highlights Shell governance shortfall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... year, to come good on this commitment. According to Amnesty International, the communities of the Niger Delta, located in Nigeria's south, cannot gain access to the most basic information about the oil company's operations. "This lack of information ...

Nigerians seek CFA certificate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... society relations for Europe, Middle East and Africa. "Our visit to the country has been prompted by a recognition that Nigeria, as an important emerging market, has a rapidly growing number of investment professionals undertaking the CFA program," she ...

GMO opens EM portfolio to new frontiers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... Global investment management firm GMO is broadening its emerging market portfolio to include frontier economies such as Nigeria, Vietnam and the Gulf States. Marco Vangelisti, GMO emerging markets portfolio manager, said the firm is looking to allocate ...

Africa's investment renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... primarily by the soft commodity boom," said Mark Samuelson, Investec Asset Management managing director. "Places like Nigeria for example have more money than they know what to do with," he said. The numbers speak for themselves. Investec's African listed ...

The next frontier of investing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
Looking to pour cash into Kazakhstan, Slovenia and Nigeria? Today frontier market investing is more than just a fad, says Mark Mobius of Franklin Templeton Investments. "[Frontier market investing is] part of a long-term trend, one that's connected ...

Economic round-up: Market shivers

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... mortgage securities could be contagious. Meanwhile the end of a general strike in Africa's biggest oil-producing nation Nigeria has sent crude futures climbing. The Dow and S&P 500 were down 185.6 points or 1.4 per cent, and 19.6 points or 1.3 per cent ...

Email scams on ASIC hitlist

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has taken its efforts to stamp out consumer fraud to the next level, launching the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce's campaign targetting scammers. "There seems to be a scam created to ...