"The key to delivering on a sound economic growth lies in the ability to bridge the disconnect between fiscal and monetary policies – avoiding over promising and under delivering…..just as avoiding creating an over-regulated environment which might act as an impediment to growth." – Executive Breakfast briefing Notes by FDC – 2009

 
Discussions on the Nigerian [...]

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“The term Bear Market refers to a declining or poor state of the market or trading group, usually a stock market, in which consumer confidence and financial expectations are on a decline and the market continues to lose value, usually at an average loss of 15% to 20% in one or more index over a [...]

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"The trouble, we are all learning – about financial regulation, by its nature, is that it can be a pretty abstract business. Here, good intentions count for very little. It is the impact of the action that ultimately matters and upon which people and systems are eventually judged" . – Olufemi Awoyemi, FCA in the [...]

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1.         Executive Summary

The IBTC Bank Plc 2009 December common year end results recently released in compliance with the Central Bank of Nigeria uniform accounting year for banks in the country has been reviewed and outcome of our objective analysis shows that the bank recorded a level of resilience in some of its fundamentals when [...]

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Executive Summary
 
The First Bank Nigeria Plc 2009 December common year end results (covering a nine month period) released in compliance with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) uniform accounting year for banks in the country has been reviewed and outcome of our objective analysis shows that the bank is experiencing challenges to its bottom line [...]

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ISSN 1597 – 8842 Vol. 1 No. 37
 
“Market performance in the month reflected weak economic fundamentals as ASI posts 2.44% decline. Just as in February, at the height of the political uncertainty, the equities market has gone south – hopefully temporarily”
 
In a month in which the market was expected to consolidate its recovery – [...]

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Islamic Finance seeks young scholars to lead growth; By Reuters – Shaheen Pasha, 010610 – Fifteen years ago, New York native Taha Abdul-Basser had a set plan for his future. The Harvard student was double majoring in pre-med and comparative religions with the expectation that he would serve society as a doctor.
 
But his life [...]

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