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FRIDAY OCTOBER 22, 2021
BUSINESS24.COM.GH
Friday October 22, 2021
Gov’t explores use of pensions funds for mortgage
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UMB formulates banking products to support BoG Sandbox Project
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Stock Exchange courts stateowned firms to local bourse By Eugene Davis ugendavis@gmail.com
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eputy Managing Director of Ghana Stock Exchange, Abena Amoah, says government must consider listing thriving state owned businesses (SoEs) on the domestic capital market to attract the needed investments for growth and profitability. According to her, the exchange has already identified some state businesses with strong financial prospects that could attract investors should they get listed on the local bourse. Speaking to Business24 in an Cont’d on page 2
‘Security agencies must join forces to curb growing cyber security threats’ By Patrick Paintsil p_paintsil@hotmail.com
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eputy National S e c u r i t y C o o rd i n a t o r, Edward Kwaku Asomani, has called for coordinated responses from state security, intelligence agencies and key actors within the nation’s justice delivery system to stem the surging threats to cyber security. Cont’d on page 3
SIGA last year announced that it was pondering a move to list some SoEs on the stock exchange
Minority exposes govt’s GH¢2bn DACF debt
Cocoa Farmers’ Pension Scheme gets new board
By Eugene Davis
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he Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has inaugurated the newly constituted board of the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme (CFPS), with a charge to the
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he Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament says government has failed to make statutory payments into the District Assemblies Common Fund with an accumulated debt of over GH¢2bn between 2019 to
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