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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has for six years missed its six to nine per cent single digit inflation rate target. At 14.89 per cent in November, which is 32-month high, inflation upswing has not only eroded savings account depositors’ interest income but triggered new wave of investments in alternative assets. Mutual Funds, Eurobonds and commodities markets are new choices for investors and savings account depositors seeking higher yields to protect their funds from inflation-induced capital erosion. Foreign investors are also buoyed by higher returns in Nigeria which remains an incentive for sustained capital inflows. With Nigerian Treasury Bills (T-bills) yield now below one per cent per annum, savvy fund managers, savers and investors need to work smarter to beat rising inflation with higher good returns on investments, writes