Egyptian Exchange to start trading tomorrow (1 Mar)
The Egyptian Exchange is set to reopen tomorrow (1 March) after it closed on 27 Jan. in the popular uprising that saw President Hosni Mubarak ...
The Egyptian Exchange is set to reopen tomorrow (1 March) after it closed on 27 Jan. in the popular uprising that saw President Hosni Mubarak ...
The world is moving into fast consolidation of stock exchanges through mergers and acquisitions among the world’s giant exchanges. London Stock Exchange chief executive Xavier ...
A leading African private equity firm, Citadel Capital based in Cairo, says change in Egypt brings “very compelling opportunities for long-term private equity investors in ...
The Egyptian Exchange has again postponed its reopening and says it will only open when the strike-hit banking system gets back to normal. Dates mentioned ...
The main trading platform of the London Stock Exchange was successfully switched from the previous system yesterday (14 Feb) to the Millennium Exchange computer system. ...
Africa’s newest stock exchange is the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE), launched on 31 Jan to start trading the shares of brewer Brasseries et Limonaderies du ...
Cote d’Ivoire has formally reneged on $2.3 billion of Eurobonds, becoming the first nation to default since Jamaica in January 2010. The default comes after ...
Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) is planning to install what it says will be the world’s fastest trading system, reports the Wall Street Journal. The move ...
South Africa’s JSE Ltd traded 2.1 million commodity derivative contracts in 2010, up 12% on the previous year but still below the record 2.5 mn ...
The new Commodities Exchange of Zimbabwe (COMEZ) opened on 14 January, but no date is set to start trading. The exchange would be managed by ...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange is warning stockbrokers that they must meet capital adequacy requirements. Dealing members and stockbroking firms require a capital base of N1.5 ...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange reported on 19 January that a total volume of 93.3 billion shares valued at N797.6 billion (3.2% of gross domestic product) ...
According to media reports, Zimbabwe’s Indigenization Minister Saviour Kasukuwere is declining to give permission for leading gold miner Duration Gold to raise US$7 mn by ...
The London Stock Exchange is hoping for some love from traders, by announcing 14 February – Valentine’s Day - as the date to switch to ...
Results have recently been released of the share offer of insurance company Alliance Assurances on the Algiers Stock Exchange. The share offer was open from ...
The dynamic Ethiopian Commodity Exchange is further spreading its information feed. Now customers can access general information and their accounts through SMS and voice telephone ...
On IMF forecasts Africa has 7 of the world’s top 10 places for fastest growing economies for the 5 years from 2011-2015, reports the Economist, ...
This afternoon (5 Jan) the yield on the Cote d’Ivoire US dollar-denominated sovereign bonds climbed back up 60 basis points to 15.68%, according to Bloomberg, ...
What are your wishes for improvements to the African securities markets, including markets for equities and bonds, in 2011?
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Foreign inflows into South African Government bonds denominated in Rand were R61 billion (US$9.2 bn), up from R2.5bn in 2009, according to figures from the ...