Looking in from outside: The BusinessDay investors’ series

For one whole week, BusinessDay was in London, sitting in at more than two-dozen one-on-one meetings between senior officers of FMDQ OTC Exchange on one hand and bankers, investors, traders and analysts from London’s leading banks, fund and asset managers representing top firms such as JP Morgan, PIMCO, Investec, Bluebay, Franklin Templeton, PineBridge, Dunross & Co, Duet Asset Management, Aberdeen, Bellevue, AMIA, Capital Group, BNP Paribas, Nomura Securities and Blackrock.

From Monday July 3, BusinessDay will publish a five part-series by Publisher Frank Aigbogun who sat at these meetings.
He was the only Nigerian journalist to join in the Q & A held by CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele with about 100 investors at the ICBC Standard Bank London Africa investors’ conference.
What do the investors want and what do they think about the naira, Nigeria and her policy makers?  Why are foreign investors not rushing back to Nigeria yet, what are the concerns and views of the investors about recent changes in the country and what should Nigeria expect and what must Nigeria do to reclaim her position as a leading destination for investment capital.
Whether you manage your own money or that of others, you cannot afford to miss this series. It is vintage Businessday. Watch out!

 

LOLADE AKINMURELE