{"id":442,"date":"2018-11-04T14:52:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T14:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fmdqotc.com\/goldawards\/?page_id=442"},"modified":"2023-10-08T20:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T20:09:59","slug":"about-fmdq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fmdqgroup.com\/2022goldawards\/about-fmdq\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:justify;color:black;&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_tta_tabs style=&#8221;modern&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;About FMDQ&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1541341912043-d8018046-9de2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: black;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18px;\">FMDQ Group PLC (\u201c<strong>FMDQ Group<\/strong>\u201d), has evolved over the years from an OTC Market to a full-fledged Securities Exchange, to a budding financial market infrastructure (\u201c<strong>FMI<\/strong>\u201d) Group, now structured as a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-registered Capital Market Holding Company, warehousing five (5) wholly owned subsidiaries, including FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited (Nigeria\u2019s largest Exchange by Market Turnover \u2013 with an annual average of c. \u20a6166 trillion over the last eight (8) years), FMDQ Clear Limited (Nigeria\u2019s only operating Central Counterparty \u2013 with c. $60 billion derivatives contracts cleared), FMDQ Depository Limited (Nigeria\u2019s integrated Securities Depository), FMDQ Private Markets Limited (Nigeria\u2019s Private Capital Marketplace Organiser) and iQx Consult Limited (an Information Technology Services Company).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: black;\"><a style=\"color: black;\" href=\"https:\/\/fmdqgroup.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Learn More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Our GOLD Agenda&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1474979016000-b7d82cbb-ff6d&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: black;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18px;\">The FMDQ \u201cGOLD\u201d Agenda remains the compass guiding the assessment of FMDQ&#8217;s markets, as well as underscoring the commitment of FMDQ towards the transformation of the Nigerian financial market, as a prosperity conduit for the Nigerian economy, in line with other international financial markets and global best practices.<br \/>\n<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2348&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Our Journey So Far&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1571827289725-d53131eb-4865&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2602&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;FMDQ GOLD Awards&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1571812103395-af3016c0-9029&#8243;][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: black;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18px;\">The FMDQ GOLD Awards (GOLD Awards), underscored by the tenets of FMDQ\u2019s <strong>GOLD<\/strong> (<strong>G<\/strong>lobal Competitiveness, <strong>O<\/strong>perational Excellence, <strong>L<\/strong>iquidity and <strong>D<\/strong>iversity) Agenda, is a corporate tradition that recognises the demonstrated resilience and agility of the Nigerian financial markets participants and acknowledges the valuable efforts of these stakeholders, whose participation in the FMDQ markets and across the financial market infrastructure value chain of FMDQ\u2019s businesses \u2013 Securities Exchange, Central Counterparty and Depository \u2013 have positively shaped the course of the markets and invariably impacted the development of the Nigerian economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: black;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18px;\">The FMDQ 2022 GOLD Awards Ceremony will hold on <strong>Friday, November 11, 2022<\/strong> in Lagos, Nigeria. 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