Downgrades Mount For Nigeria As IMF Cuts Forecast

October 10, 2018

Global growth forecast lowered for the first time since July 2016 In the same week, the World Bank downgraded its…

Islamic Finance A Potential Boost For Gold’s ‘Safe Haven’ Status

October 8, 2018

Gold has long been viewed as a safe-haven play, but despite recent geopolitical turmoil and market fluctuations, the precious metal…

NAFTA 2.0: A Rewrite That Doesn’t Ease Tensions

October 4, 2018

The revised NAFTA deal relieves uncertainty for Canada and avoids a possible Mexican barrier to ratification. But what does it…

Economist Gita Gopinath Is Heading To The IMF

October 2, 2018

This week, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde formally appointed Gita Gopinath as Economic Counsellor and Director of…

ESG Investing Enters Portfolio Mainstream

September 30, 2018

Sustainable investing — or investing in pursuit of environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals — isn’t a sideshow anymore, with…

Mexico’s Energy Reform: Some Clues On Obrador

September 26, 2018

When soon-to-be former President Enrique Peña Nieto announced his government’s energy reform before Mexico’s congress in December 2013 he proclaimed,…

Sustainable Investing: Asia’s Gen X Is Joining In

September 25, 2018

Altruism Meets Value Sustainable investing – the investment approach of ’doing well by doing good’ – is gaining ground in…

Nigeria’s MTN Group: Troubled, Yet Successful

September 21, 2018

The MTN Group came into Nigeria in 2001 at a time many foreign investors felt the country was too poor…

India’s Currency Decline Prompts Government Intervention

September 19, 2018

Indian authorities have officially stepped in to to contain the rupee's slide against the US dollar. Having announced new measures…

Politics, Infrastructure, Hindering Nigeria’s FDI

September 16, 2018

In One Of Africa's Largest Economies, Foreign Investment Is Lagging To be at par with African peers, Nigeria needs $14…