Third Ghana Investment Awards launched
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GIA is a prestigious award for investors. It was introduced in 2010 to celebrate and honour investors who through ingenuity, hard work and perseverance, had created and sustained successful businesses with national, sub-regional and global presence.
The 2013 award is expected to motivate and encourage investors to maximise their potentials in contributing to the growth of the economy.
The awards are in the following categories: Investment Advisor of the year, Broker–Dealer of the Year, Market Research of the Year and Best Growing New Investment Firm of the Year.
The others are: Deal of the Year, Equity Fund of the Year, Balance Fund of the Year, Money Market Fund of the Year and Best Performing Stock of the Year.
The award, which is organised by Premier Networking Investment Club (PNIC), a business networking and investment club, is on the theme: “Promoting Investor Education and Awareness for a Sustainable Investment Drive”.
It is scheduled for August 3, 2013.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, The Director-General of the Security and Exchanges Commission, Mr Adu Anane Antwi, commended the management of PNIC for supporting investor education in the country.
“Let us all give much attention to investor education and sensitise one another [to] the need to invest to improve the economy and increase productivity of the nation,” he added.
Mr Kelvin Abdallah, President of PNIC, for his part, noted that empowering people to take investment initiatives and helping them to build viable business was an effective way of growing the economy and reducing poverty.
He urged investors to remain focused in their businesses and venture into other businesses that were of great benefit to the country.
By Jennifer Ansah/Ghana