October 24, 2018//-Securities regulators covering one-third of global market capitalization make a new push for sustainable finance.
Category: Capital Market
AfDB Showcases Investment Opportunities in Africa to Nordic Investors
Abidjan, Ivory Coast, October 16, 2018/ — The African Development Bank (AfDB) in a multidisciplinary team roadshows has presented financial products and investment opportunities to Nordic investors to leverage more access to financing.
Naspers to Separately List its Video Entertainment Business as MultiChoice Group on the JSE
September 17, 2018//-Naspers, a leading global internet and entertainment group and one of the largest technology investors in the world, today announced its intention to list its Video Entertainment business separately on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and simultaneously to unbundle the shares in this business to its shareholders.
Ghana: SEC Orders Menzgold to Suspend Trading
Accra, September 12, 2018//-The Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered, gold trading firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited to suspend their operations with the public with immediate effect.
Ghana: SSNIT Deletes 8,366 Ghost Names from Pension Payroll
Accra, Ghana, August 29, 2018//-Measures introduced by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in February 2018 to delete ghost names from the pension payroll have yielded positive results.
Prioritising African Sovereign Funds
August 28, 2018//-African sovereign funds represent only 3% of assets under management at the international level, totaling $155bn.
Carey Olsen Advises Lendable on Latest Kenyan Securitisation
August 24, 2018//-Carey Olsen’s corporate team in the Cayman Islands has represented Lendable Inc, a tech-enabled finance platform, on its latest auto loan securitisation with Watu Credit, a Mombasa-based lender.
Impact of Apache Hadoop, Big Data Analytics on Banking & Securities Industry
August 2018//-Apache Hadoop and Big Data Analytics are being integrated by the Banking and Securities industry along with a host of other financial organizations for analyzing strategies linked with their points of sale, transactions, authorizations, and other processes.
These Are Struggling Companies on Ghana Stock Exchange Watch List
Accra, Ghana, August 16, 2018//- The following update is hereby provided in respect of the companies that were put on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) watch-list from December 27, 2017 till date.
MTN Ghana’s IPO Closes on 31st July
Accra, July 26, 2018. MTN Ghana’s Initial Share Offer (IPO) launched on May 29th, 2018 to sell 4,637,394,533 ordinary shares, representing 35% of MTN Ghana (Scancom PLC) is scheduled to end at 5:00pm on July 31st 2018.