In times of financial panic, nervous investors in variable net asset value (VNAV) funds are just as likely to race to cash as constant net asset value (CNAV) fund investors, says Moody’s Investors Service in a report published today.
Category: Africa
Photographer Wins IWMF Anja Niedringhaus Courage Award
The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) has named freelance photographer Heidi Levine as the inaugural winner of the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award.
Thomas Sankara Remains: Burkina Faso Orders Exhumation
Thomas Sankara was one of Africa’s most idealised leaders The government of Burkina Faso has ordered the exhumation of the remains of Thomas Sankara, the former president who was killed in a 1987 coup.
Ghana Wins Award At Harvard Model UN Session
Ghana’s delegation to this year’s Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) has won the Resolution Project Award for the second time in two years after successfully pitching a new concept to highlight the social needs of orphans.
Ayitepa Wind Farm Project prepares Grounds For Take off
More than 300 members of the local community, including clan leaders, gathered at Ayitepa village to meet with wind farm developers Mainstream Renewable Power and NEK Umwelttechnik to discuss the 225 megawatt wind farm which is expected to start construction this year.
Supreme Court to hear religious discrimination case
The Supreme Court is set to hear a landmark case asking for a perpetual injunction restraining anybody or institution from condoning or forcing students of other faiths to participate in sectional religious activities.
President Mahama Seeks Help To End Boko Haram
Ghana’s President John Mahama is courting the help of Germany to make contributions to a military force soon to be set up to confront the activities of terrorist group targeting Nigeria, Boko Haram.
Ghanaians Sweat On Black Stars
Whatever the experts say, the Black Stars are ready. I know pundits are still looking at the failure of the Stars to make it into the knock-out stage in Brazil as a mark of retrogression.
BBC Launches Award To Honour Komla Dumor
The BBC is launching an award in honour of its presenter, Komla Dumor, a year after his unexpected death aged 41.
President Mahama Arrives In Germany
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama has left Accra to the Federal Republic of Germany on a State Visit.