Registrar-General delists 2,788 firms from companies register

January 14, 2022 The Registrar General’s Department has delisted 2,788 companies from Ghana’s Companies Register for defaulting to file their annual returns with the department. The affected companies...

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End of the road for eight fund managers as official liquidator gazettes them

November 24, 2020 The Official Liquidator (OL) has gazetted eight additional fund management companies (FMCs) out of the 54 whose licenses the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revoked. Two more...

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Ecobank, Registrar General run virtual education on new business re-registration directive

September 22, 2020 Ecobank, in partnership with the Registrar General, has sensitized businesses on the Companies Re-Registration Directive by the Registrar General’s Department to drive compliance. The...

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Registrar-General deploys Central Beneficial Ownership Register for extractives; other high risk sectors

September 9, 2020 The Register-General Jemima Oware, has announced the deployment of a new Central Beneficial Ownership Register for all companies operating in the country. According to her, the deployment...

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Collapse of fund management companies -Registrar General to hold virtual meeting for creditors

September 8, 2020 The Registrar General’s Department is set to hold its first virtual meetings for creditors of the 53 collapsed fund management companies. The meetings are scheduled from September 7 to...

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COVID-19 pushes Registrar General to halt penalty increase

July 14, 2020 … extends filing of annual returns to December The Registrar-General’s Department (RGD), has indefinitely suspended its planned penalty increase from GH¢400 to GH¢450 which was...

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SEC in talks with MoF to secure comprehensive solution in paying defunct investment banks’ clients

June 15, 2020 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is in talks with the Ministry of Finance to secure a comprehensive solution for customers of the defunct investment banks who have their monies...

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Registrar-General exceeds target for 2019

February 17, 2020 The Registrar-General’s Department last year collected GH¢136.59 million, exceeding its GH¢100-million target by 36 per cent. The department collected GH¢94.26 million in 2018, and the...

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New companies Act will improve business climate – CJ

December 10, 2019 The Chief Justice, Madam Sophia Akuffo, has said that the new Companies Act 2019 will transform the business environment in Ghana and ensure that the country climbs up on World Bank’s...

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Draw BoG’s attention to malfeasance in banks – staff and customers encouraged

November 6, 2019 Bank staff and customers have been encouraged to call the attention of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) whenever they realise that banks are engaging in financial malpractices. The advice was given...

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