THE stock market was not the only thing going nowhere last year. Also pretty much at a standstill, was the consolidation of the industry.
With no time-frame set for the consolidation exercise, industry players who have not acceded to the Securities Commission's (SC) call for a one-plus-one merger at the very least, were content to let things be. To be fair, the stillness in the market has had brokers focused on more pressing issues, the main one being to stay afloat.
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