Tag Archives: stock exchange


NewRiver revives suspended IPO at fraction of value

August 18, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters – Opportunistic property investment firm NewRiver Retail said on Monday it would list in September with a capitalisation of 25 million pounds, two months after suspending a planned 250 million pounds float. NewRiver expects its shares to be admitted […]

Islamic short-selling can develop market: bourse

April 16, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters – Islamic short-selling would help develop sharia capital markets, Malaysia’s stock exchange chief said on Thursday, defending plans for a controversial platform it hopes will improve market liquidity. Some sharia scholars frown on short-selling, saying it amounts to selling […]

Stock exchanges must attract new products

February 17, 2009 : Permalink

Barbados Advocate – There is a need for stock exchanges in Barbados and the Caribbean to attract new types of products and market activities. Marlon Yarde, general manager of the Barbados Stock Exchange (BSE) has made the suggestion while addressing […]

$4bn Withdrawn from Nigeria Stock Market

February 13, 2009 : Permalink

Daily Guide – Foreign investors in the Nigerian capital market withdrew some $4 billion from the Nigeria Stock Exchange and precipitated its steep decline, the Exchange’s Director General, Professor Ndidi Okereke-Onyiuke has said. Appearing  before the joint Senate Committees on […]

Asia’s bull run ends in 2008 with record falls

December 31, 2008 : Permalink

Miami Herald – Nearly two-thirds said they had lost 70 percent of their investments or more, according to the survey by the Shanghai Securities News, a newspaper affiliated with the stock exchange. Many Asian hedge funds, meanwhile, took a drubbing […]