What Is It With Bond Prices And Interest Rates?
Bonds have an inverse relationship to interest rates. When the cost of borrowing money rises (when interest rates rise), bond prices usually [...]
State Bonds: Considerations For Subnational Rating
It could as well count as part of the dividends of democracy. The States (Sub-nationals) in Nigeria are now embracing financial transparency [...]
Insights Into Shariah-Rooted Entity Rating
To what extent will Islamic Corporate Governance affect the Credit Rating of Shariah-rooted entities? There is now a growing body of works [...]
SEC Mulls Tax Waivers In Domestic Debt Market
Capital Market Operators (CMOs) and Stakeholders within the industry are pushing for tax waivers in the domestic Bond market in Nigeria. This [...]
Rating-as-a-Service (RaaS) Debuts in Nigeria
A Rating-as-a-Service (RaaS) Credit Risk Management Solution that enables institutions to correctly determine the Credit Worthiness of Corporate clients and entities has been introduced into the [...]
Interest-rate Risk and the Bond Market
At the end of its 2nd Meeting this year, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on [...]