Policy makers, financial market regulators, operators and key stakeholders are to meet for ideas sharing and development discourse at Stanbic IBTC Investors’ conference billed for Lagos from Monday to Wednesday next week.

A statement by the organisers said the Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh, the Director General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mr. M K Ahmad and the Director General of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Prof. Ndi Okereke-Onyuike are on the list of experts and industry leaders that have confirmed their attendance at the event.

The Chief Executive Officer, Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers Limited, Mr. Akeem Oyewale said the major objective of the conference is to undertake a comprehensive review of Nigeria’s economic fundamentals in the wake of the global economic meltdown.He pointed out that the efforts will help to harness the efforts of all stakeholders in nurturing the economy, especially the pivotal financial services sector back to the path of growth and development in 2010. He added that it will also provide participants an enhanced understanding of investment issues in Nigeria and create a platform for players from across sectors to network.

Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers is one of Nigeria’s largest stockbroking firms with over 20 per cent market share in 2009. The conference brings together captains of industry from different sectors of the economy to discuss the next stages of development of the Nigerian stock market.

According to the statement, institutions that have signed to be part of the event include Access Bank, First Bank, GTBank, Zenith Bank, FCMB, Skye Bank, UBA, Diamond Bank, UACN, Dangote Sugar, Flour Mills Nigeria Plc, Dangote Flour, Nestle Foods Nigeria, Standard Allied Insurance, Benue Cement Company, Custodian and Allied Insurance, Oando Plc, AIICO Insurance, Starcomms plc, Unilever Plc, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Guinness Nigeria and Cornerstone Insurance, among others.

The format of the three-day conference will consist of expert panel discussions comprising regulators, operators and investors and will provide opportunities for one-on-one meetings with prominent Nigerian companies on a wide range of issues including their expectations for growth.

(Source:ThisDay)