Diversifying into Foreign Assets – All you need to know – FBNQuest
Many Nigerian investors may think that investing in a foreign currency asset is an exotic venture for ultra-high net-worth investors. On the contrary, diversifying into foreign currency assets may be easier than you think and offers both short-term and long-term benefits. Over the past few years, a growing number of savvy investors are putting their […]
The rise of new industry stocks under COVID-19 – FBNQuest
Where Big Oil, Big Pharma, bulge-bracket investment banks and Coca Cola once dominated US stock markets, their roles have now been usurped by the likes of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Tesla Motors. The stellar performance of US equities in this year of COVID-19 can be traced to these new industries, in which we are […]
Time for an ambitious response to COVID-19 from Africa – FBNQuest
The international media have picked up on the theme that “Africa has done all right” in the fight against COVID-19. This is understandable in terms of the number of cases and deaths: 1.3 million cases out of 35.8 million globally and 37,000 deaths out of 1.0 million globally according to the EU’s European Centre for […]
The rise of digital during and after COVID – FBNQuest
In one of our earlier columns, we noted, citing its central bank, that the volume of digital payments in Ghana increased by 81 per cent in Q1 2020. The lockdown in response to COVID-19 was the main factor although we should also mention the judicious waiving of fees on mobile money transfers. From a webinar […]
The additional strains of COVID-19 on education – FBNQuest
Education has been hit particularly hard by COVID-19 and the lockdowns imposed in almost all jurisdictions. We refer to the second instalment in June of COVID-19 impact monitoring, a publication of the National Bureau of Statistics in partnership with the World Bank. It noted that 35 per cent of households with children of school attending […]
FBNQuest spotlights private equity as a viable alternative asset class
…Shares views on the economy and financial markets. FBNQuest Funds Limited, the alternative investments subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc is raising awareness on the opportunity of private equity for portfolio enhancement, in addition to the use of traditional investing assets. This was one of the key messages delivered at a virtual interactive session with financial […]
