Nigeria | - Part 7

Forte Oil Nigeria Sales 17% Stake to Mercuria For US$200 Million

Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa —- One of Nigeria’s integrated energy solution providers, Forte Oil Plc, confirmed the acquisition of 17 percent of its equity by Mercuria Energy Holdings SA for $200 million. With the foreign direct investment in Forte Oil, the world’s third largest independent energy trader and asset operator has made inroads into the West African energy sector. Forte Oil said in a press release that through this investment, it had…

Nigerian Banks’ Foreign Currency Liquidity Still Tight — Fitch Ratings

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — Cutting reserve requirements will not add liquidity to the Nigerian banking system because it releases no additional foreign currency (FC), says Fitch Ratings. Substantial government-related FC deposits are exempt from reserve requirements and have already been withdrawn from the system after the government ordered all public-sector deposits to be moved from commercial banks into the centralised Treasury Single Account (TSA) earlier this month. Nigeria’s Monetary Committee reduced mandatory…

Central Bank of Nigeria Keeps Benchmark Rate at 13 percent

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — On 22 September 2015, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting was held where the MPC resolved to reduce the cash reserve requirement (CRR) to 25 percent from 31 percent, retain the monetary policy rate (MPR) at 13 percent, with the symmetric corridor of 200 basis points around the MPR, and retain the liquidity ratio at 30 percent. The MPC decisions were based on…

Nigerian MPC At a Crossroad; Between Domestic Stability and External Balance

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Lagos, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Africa — The Nigerian Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be sitting for its 5th session this year between 21st and 22nd September 2015 to review developments in the global and domestic economy, together with the financial market since its last meeting (23rd and 24th July 2015). It is expected that deliberation at the meeting will center on the slowing domestic growth, persistent exchange rate uncertainty, increasing risk perception in the local…

JP Morgan to remove Nigeria from government bond index

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Capital Markets in Markets – JP Morgan will remove Nigeria from its Government Bond Index (GBI-EM) by the end of October, the bank said on Tuesday, after warning the government of Africa’s biggest economy that currency controls were making transactions too complicated. The removal will force funds to sell Nigerian bonds, triggering potentially significant capital outflows and raising borrowing costs for the government. Struggling with a plunge in vital oil revenue, Nigeria had imposed…

Nigeria: Scrutinizing the “Change Agenda”…100 days Appraisal

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LAGOS, Nigeria Capital Markets in Africa — Following the result of the 2015 presidential polls, the new administration was ushered into power amidst groundswell optimism. We attempt an appraisal of the performance of the Buhari led government 100 days after inauguration (since May 29, 2015), having been sworn in amidst high expectations of structural reforms, improvement of government’s fiscal state, tackling of endemic corruption and stamping out insurgency in Northern Nigeria. Although the much awaited…

Nigerian Banks Resilient but Face Tough Outlook — Fitch Ratings

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London (Capital Markets in Africa): Nigerian banks are operating in increasingly difficult conditions and this is likely to result in a sharp deterioration in profitability, asset quality, liquidity and capital ratios, says Fitch Ratings. We said the sector outlook was negative in December. GDP figures for 2Q15, released yesterday, show weaker year-on-year growth of 2.4%, down from 4% in the previous quarter, the slowest quarterly growth rate for over 10 years. The volatile operating environment…

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