Accra, Ghana, April 16, 2019//-The ruffling of feathers on the country’s financial sector seems far from ending with the heavy hand of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) landing on the roof of Gold Coast. Advertisements
April 16, 2019//-Earlier this month, Chinese bonds debuted in the benchmark Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index, marking another step toward greater globalization of China’s capital markets.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast, April 10, 2019/-The Board of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) approved an institutional support grant of $4.8 million to the African Union (AU) to accelerate the momentum of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), which received its 22nd ratification on 2 April, bringing the agreement into force.
Accra, Ghana, March 26, 2019//-Government of Ghana on 19th March, 2019 issued its seventh Eurobond after its maiden appearance on the international capital market in 2007.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast, March 16, 2019/ — The African Development Bank (AfDB), has successfully priced a EUR 1 billion 10-year Global Benchmark, due 21 March 2029, its first benchmark transaction of the year.
March 12, 2019//-Chinese stock markets are getting a boost from the decision by global index provider MSCI to quadruple the weighting of mainland China stocks, known as A-shares, in its benchmarks.
Washington, D.C., US, March 8, 2019//—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is partnering with the Ghana Stock Exchange and over 70 other stock exchanges around the world to “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality”—an initiative linked with International Women’s Day that promotes increased women’s participation in the global economy to catalyze sustainable and […]
March 5, 2019//-Goldman Sachs’ Céline-Marie Méchain started the firm’s private equity coverage business in France in 2000, at a time when the industry was relatively new in Europe.
February 25, 2019//-The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has agreed to cooperate with Ghana to build partnerships, deepen and tighten harmonization, as well as, help develop some of the capital markets infrastructure that can sustain and deepen the financial markets in Ghana.
Accra, Ghana, February 4, 2019//-Analyst has raised issues with the decision of Ghana’s government to raise GHC2 billion from the international market with Ghana Amalgamated Trust (GAT) bond roadshow scheduled for 18th February, 2019.
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