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Strengthening the Regional Asset Management Industry — Abdul Rahman Al Baker

Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen –Good Morning. It is a great pleasure to be here today to address the Annual Middle East Asset Management Forum. I would like to commend the organizers for putting together a stimulating program, which will no doubt enrich the ongoing dialogue and debate on asset management industry in the Mena region. I hope that presentations and discussions during this forum would highlight and deliberate on important areas of assets management…

International Industry Leaders Address New Opportunities and Overcoming the Challenges on the Road Ahead at the Middle East Asset Management Forum 2016

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The asset management industry in the Middle East is well placed for the next phase of progress and is ready to transform based on the demands of a changing global investment landscape. 30th May 2016, KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN: The investment industry in the Middle East has tremendous potential to progress to the next level of development was the view from more than 200 international industry leaders gathered at the inaugural Middle East Asset Management Forum…

Nigerian “Budget of Change”…How much can it achieve? — Afrinvest

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: One year into the transition from President Jonathan to the Buhari led administration; the burden on Government remained the need to rejuvenate the Nigerian economy which has suffered from the declining global oil prices, poor governance structure, sub-optimal fiscal crisis, and monetary policy actions. Recent domestic macroeconomic numbers have suffered from both global and domestic shocks which currently threaten the economic fundamentals of the country. The recent data published…

Old Mutual Alternative Investments to manage R380mn investment deal

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Johannesburg, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: Barnstone Education and the Schools and Education Investment Impact Fund South Africa have announced an additional investment as part of the second phase of the Prestige School project, a multi-million rand deal, which will fund the development and operations of six Prestige College affordable independent schools. This brings the total finance allocated to the project to R380 million. The deal is the latest of its kind for the…

Intra-African trade can catalyze investment and foster growth

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Capital Markets in Africa: As growth in developed markets such as Europe, China and North Africa continue to stagnate, greater regional integration in Africa, amongst all role players, is needed to capitalize on the continent’s growth potential. This is according to Hennie Heymans, CEO of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa, who says that when comparing intra-regional trade statistics, Africa’s rates are amongst the lowest in the world, with less than 20% of…

Nigerian Equity Markets | 24 May 2016: Market Closes Positive, Up 80bps… MPC Embraces Flexibility

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: As investors awaited the outcome of the MPC meeting, trading across the board was mostly cautious as marginal gains were offset by marginal losses until a mild rally that was recorded in market bellwethers in the final trading minutes ensured a positive close for the day. Consequently, the All Share Index rose 0.8% to settle at 27,231.50 points. Investors gained N74.0bn as market capitalisation rose to N9.4tn. Price appreciation in…

Nigerian Monetary Policy Committee Embraces Flexibility — Afrinvest

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at the conclusion of its 3rd meeting for the year decided to hold all rates unchanged. More specifically, the Committee decided to; Retain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 12.0% Maintain the asymmetric corridor around the MPR at +200/-500bps Retain Cash Reserves Ratio (CRR) at 22.5% Keep the Liquidity Ratio (LR) at 30.0% Adopt flexibility of the interbank exchange rate market with a small…

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