SEC Reiterates Commitment to Step up Investor Education

This was stated by Dr. Okey Umeano, Head, Office of the Chief Economist of the SEC, during an interview in Abuja. Umeano stated that the upsurge in the activities of illegal fund managers in recent times has been a source of worry to the Commission and assured investors that the SEC is working hard along with other government agencies to reduce their activities to the barest minimum.

“Just go to the sec.gov.ng you can just on the search portal type CMO. The search portal comes out and you type the name of the firm marketing to you, if it is not there then it is not registered with SEC that means you are not protected.