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Nigeria’s Infrastructure Gap May Take Centuries To Bridge – Yuguda

The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Yuguda, has projected that given the current level of capital expenditure, it may take up to three centuries to bridge the nation’s consistently widening infrastructure gap. Yuguda, who made this forecast at the 2023 Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) National Workshop which was […]

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CIS Outlines Key Areas For Tinubu To Boost Capital Market

The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) has outlined key areas for the President elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to focus on when he assumes office in order to strengthen the Nigerian capital market and accelerate the nation’s economic development. The President and Chairman of Council of the Institute, Mr. Oluwole Adeosun, said that the incoming […]

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Chike-Obi Tasks CIS On Margin Lending In Capital Market

Former Managing Director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mustapha Chike-Obi, at the weekend charged the leaders of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) to consider the re-opening of discussions on reintroduction of margin lending in the nation’s capital market for its sustainable growth. The asset management expert and banker made a strong case […]

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ASHON Urges Members On Business Model Innovation For Competitiveness

The Association of Securities Dealing Houses of Nigeria (ASHON) has charged its members to commence adopting new business strategies to enable them cope with the emerging challenges and peculiarities of the operating environment and reposition their entities for improved competitiveness in the investment market. The Chairman of the association, Mr. Sam Onukwue, gave the charge during […]

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SEC Seeks Stakeholders’ Support On Nigeria’s Infrastructure Investment

Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Yuguda, at the weekend canvassed the collaboration of relevant stakeholders with commission in its regulatory initiatives aimed at attracting investments required to bridge the nation’s infrastructure gap. Yuguda, who made the call during a meeting with the new executives of the Chartered Institute […]

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SEC Restates Capital Market’s Potential For Growth, Job Creation

The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, is seeking stakeholders’ cooperation to strengthen the nation’s capital market as a strategic step towards improving domestic production and employment creation across the broad spectrum of the economy. The Director General of the SEC, Mr. Lamido Yuguda, who made the call at the Annual Workshop of the Chartered Institute […]

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Stockbrokers Task Legislature on Amendment Of Investment Laws

The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, CIS, has urged the National Assembly to amend some relevant investment laws that are currently impeding efforts targeted at achieving  Nigeria’s economic development. The newly elected President of the Institute, Mr Adedapo Adekoje, gave the charge during his investiture as the 10th President last weekend in Lagos, assuring the readiness […]

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CIS To Partner SEC On Capital Market Studies Initiative

The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) has promised to collaborate with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its current efforts aimed at integrating capital market studies into schools’ curriculum in the country. The Commission is currently developing a curriculum on capital market studies as part of its financial literacy programme targeted at boosting investment […]