STOCKBROKERS in the nation’s capital market and other investment analysts have said that the market will sustain its positive momentum this week riding on the back of more earning reports expected to be released by listed firms.

THE FSDH Merchant Bank Limited has called for strategic policy making tools that would improve economic growth and quell investors concerns relating to rising uncertainties about the country’s fiscal policies, micro policy and external environment.

Over 3000 international and local equipment manufacturers from Germany, Turkey, Indonesia, Italy and China including member-companies from multinationals, large, Small and Medium Industries, SMIs, have confirmed participation for the 2018 edition of the Nigeria Manufacturing Equipment, NME, Expo.

ASSET Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has called for the creation of ‘AMCON Market,’ to enable it dispose several billions of naira worth of assets that are tied down in its books due to inappropriate valuation, strange market forces among other vices.

Starting a business is exciting especially if you’re doing it with a good friend, a former colleague, or even a family member.

The African Guarantee Fund for small and medium-sized enterprises (AGF) said it has entered into a re-guarantee transaction of an amount of up to $74 million with GuarantCo, to increase its guarantee capacity for SME financing in Africa.

General Electric (GE) has announced a partnership with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to empower Youth Corps members with valuable entrepreneurial skills in line with its objective of skills development.

In the past three months we have been discussing banks’ offers to small businesses in the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the area of business loans.

Facebook and FATE Foundation said plans have been concluded to hold the 2018 edition of the Aspiring Entrepreneurs Digital Programme, a free four-week bootcamp for select entrepreneurs in seven cities across Nigeria.

Access Bank Plc said it has provided skills support to 2,200 women in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, through the Womenpreneur business workshop, a flagship training of the bank’s W Academy initiative.

The United States (U.S.) has expressed concern over the heavy indebtedness by African countries a few years after they were relieved of their debts by international financial institutions.

THERE are indications that 14 companies may face sanction from the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, following the companies’ inability to comply with the NSE’s minimum post-listing requirement with regards to free float of shares to the investing public.

Four years ago we decided that retail was going to be an area where we must pursue and it means that we will focus our resources on a retail drive. The two resources that are very key to retail banking are capital and human resources. When you look at where we are in Nigeria, the second biggest economy in Africa and if you put the populations of these West African countries together, it is not up to Lagos and Port Harcourt, you see why we need to consolidate on Nigeria.

THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has granted an approval-in-principle, AIP, to 3Line Card Limited to operate as a super-agent in the nation’s financial services system in order to boost financial inclusion in Nigeria. 

LAGOS State government has released N838 million to pay accrued pension rights of 141 retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme for the month of February, 2018.