EFFECT OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEME ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIAN CAPITAL MARKET
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Collective investment schemes have enabled even fairly small investors to participate in the strong growth of capital markets in the past two decades. Hence, the study determined the effect of collective investment scheme on the development of capital market in Nigeria from 1995 to 2019. The study adopts ex-post facto research design while collective investment scheme is measured by the net asset of managed funds and real estate investment scheme, while capital market development is measured by market capitalization. Multiple regression model was used for the analysis and it was discovered that' mutual fund net asset investment has positive but statistical insignificant effect on capital market development while real estate investment scheme has positive and significant effect on capital market development. Therefore, the study recommends that the apex regulatory bodies such NSE, SEC, CBN of the financial market should encourage the mobilization of managed fund firms such as mutual fund, Units Trust Scheme to register and participate in the financial market through investment in equities, Stock and Bonds at the Nigeria Stock Exchange in Other to increase the Net Asset Value of managed funds and in turn contribute significantly to market capitalization.