Tue, 21-Oct-2025

SECP organizes workshop on capital markets

ISLAMABAD, January 2: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) held a capacity building workshop for journalists at its head office, focusing on equity trading at the Pakistan Stock Exchange, trading activity surveillance, and systemic risk. The event aimed to raise public awareness and understanding of capital markets. The SECP team explained that the … Read more

Goodbye to 2021’s loose money and hello to 2022’s inflation fighting

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LONDON: From the great lockdown, to the great rebound? At the start of this year the world was optimistic that the development of pioneering vaccines would restrict the global spread of the Covid-19. December 2020 marked the date when vaccinations for the virus first began to be administered around the world. Since then, the death … Read more

EU moves forward to capital markets union

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RIYADH: The EU is moving forward with plans to build a cross-continental financial system with four new legislative proposals, Bloomberg reported. This comes six years after it was first announced and a year after the latest re-launch. The EU’s executive arm hopes a “capital markets union” will break down barriers between 27 national financial markets and rulebooks … Read more

Tarin acknowledges ADB’s firm commitment to bring reforms

Tarin acknowledges ADB’s firm commitment to bring reforms

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has acknowledged the longstanding partnership and firm commitment of the Asian Development Bank as a major partner for bringing essential reforms in priority areas, including energy, fiscal and debt management, and socio-economic development. During a meeting with John Hurley, the US Alternate executive … Read more