Regulations impending investments from private equity funds: Experts

KARACHI: A consultative workshop “Pakistan private equity regulatory regime” was held on Thursday by USAID in partnership with Securities and Exchange Commission...

Commerce ministry proposes Khursheed Shah’s nephew name for NICL chief

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has proposed the name of Syed Khursheed Shah’s nephew Rafeo Bashir Shah for the slot of National...

NICL CEO tenders notice of resignation to the board

ISLAMABAD: Allegedly involved in the recruitment of nine senior officials at National Insurance Company Limited (NICL), NICL Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Captain...

Commerce ministry removes CEO, nine senior officials of NICL over allegations

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce has now removed Chief Executive officer (CEO) and nine senior officials of National Insurance Company Limited (NICL)...

SECP withdraws condition on Mutual Fund Industry to have 5pc cash liquidity

KARACHI: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has withdrawn the condition on Mutual Funds of keeping 5 per cent cash with...

SECP warns life insurance companies to adhere to anti-money laundering directive

ISLAMABAD: The Insurance Division of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) carried out a thematic review of the implementation of SRO...

FIA’s fake report in NICL money scam case challenged in SHC

KARACHI: Despite the request made by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for handing over the National Insurance Corporation Ltd (NICL) money scam...

Arif Habib Ltd to partner with Marco Polo for marketing Pakistani offerings

Lahore: Pakistan’s leading investment and securities firm Arif Habib Limited (AHL) has joined the global marketing and distribution platform of Marco Polo...

EFU life insurance reports profit of Rs773.8m for Jan-June 2017

Karachi: In a notification sent to the bourse on Wednesday, EFU Life Insurance Limited reported its earnings for the half-year ended on...

MSCI Pakistan promotion to result in more cash inflows says: WSJ

NEW YORK - Index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International’s (MSCI) recent reclassification of Pakistan as an emerging market from frontier market status...

Younus Dhaga visits State Life’s principal office; holds discussions with top management

The Federal Secretary for Ministry of Commerce, Mr Muhammad Younus Dhaga visited State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan, Principal Office, Karachi on...

State Life says not affected by WannaCry ransomware

In the last week, a massive attack of ransomware malware had affected thousands of computers across the world. There have been some...

Sindh Insurance Limited achieves A+ rating

The Sindh Insurance Limited ‘IFS rating’ has been upgraded by the Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (PACRA) to “A+”. This is the one of...