Investment portfolios have recovered their market values, reaching their highest level since November 2022 following the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) directive to adopt the mark-to-market valuation approach.
This improved confidence in the market is attributed to successful settlement of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).
According to market sources prices...
Market participants are optimistic that the bond market will open up to more trade, following a successful settlement of the new bonds and the valuation complications being dealt with. Furthermore, the oversubscription of Treasury bills and the expected decline in yields have boosted sentiments, which is expected to positively impact...
Highly-publicised tax disputes between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and some multinational firms will not damage the country’s reputation as a coveted investments destination, tax expert Dr. Abdallah Ali-Nakyea has argued.
Rather, if handled well, he said they can bolster investor confidence that the country’s tax administration and laws are...
dividend payout to be major driver
ICT, OMCs stocks up, banking down
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) is poised to get back to winning ways, returning as much as 12.03 percent to investors by the close of this year, a recent analysis by investment advisory firm Databank has suggested.
This...
The current economic crisis facing the country is a wake-up call for retailor investments into sectors with potential to yield maximum and immediate impact, German Minister of Finance, Christian Lindner, has advocated.
Although he lauded efforts at promoting industrialisation, he said the present challenges require strategic direct investments into manufacturing...
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) is set to host the first Annual Assembly of African Investment Promotion Agencies on Wednesday, January 25 at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra.
The maiden summit will focus on ‘The Role of IPAs in Facilitating Intra African Trade’. Together, the heads...
Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange, Abena Amoah, has said the country’s development hinges on a strong capital market and an investment-savvy population - hence programmes that will fuel them must be encouraged.
She added that the current environment in the country highlights the importance, and urgency, of having...
With the broader equities and fixed-income markets remaining suppressed owing to unfavourable macroeconomic conditions and lingering uncertainty over protracted negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), analysts are backing the sole Exchange-traded Fund (ETF) on the market to serve as a safe haven for investors.
Launched in 2012, the NewGold...
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation under the GrEEn project, has organised the third edition of its annual GrEEn Investment Fora for SMEs in the Western Region at Takoradi.
The three-day fora, which was on the theme, ‘Pathways to promoting investment opportunities in the green and circular economy’ highlighted economic opportunities in...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has moved to assure investors in the fixed-income segment of the market of their holdings’ safety, following agitation over its directive for fund managers to adopt the Fair Value through Other Comprehensive Income, or mark-to-market valuation approach of portfolios.
The move, the securities industry...
