Nigerian Exchange Limited (“NGX” or “The Exchange”) and CFA Society Nigeria are set to host a series of workshops and trainings aimed at building capacity of market participants and deepening liquidity for derivatives products in the Nigerian capital market. The first in the series of workshops, themed “Derivatives and the Nigerian Capital Market”, will hold on Wednesday, 23 March 2022 via Zoom.

The virtual workshop will bring together key players across Nigeria’s financial industry including institutional and retail investors, Asset Managers, PFAs, Regulators, Banks, and other Capital Market Operators to discuss the role of Derivatives in the Nigerian capital market and how to drive participation of both domestic and foreign investors in the derivatives market. In addition, the workshop will help market stakeholders better understand Exchange Traded Derivatives products as tools for managing price volatility risk in the Nigerian capital market. Interested participants can register to attend here: http://bit.ly/ngx-cfa-dw.

Some of the confirmed speakers for the event include Temi Popoola, CEO, NGX; Ibukun Oyedeji, CFA, President, CFA Society Nigeria; Rufus Kariuki Gitau, CFA, Business Development Manager, Nairobi Securities Exchange; Farooq Adedayo Oreagba, Partner, Karaho Capital Partners; Klaus Paester, CFA, Senior Director Institutional Relations EMEA Region, CFA; Jayesh Mehta CFA, FRM, CA (SA) Consultant; Russel Jude, CFA, FRM, CA (SA) Program Head, EDGE Designations and Fola Abimbola, CFA, Frontier Africa Research, Standard Bank Group.