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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Two African stock exchanges are among leaders in requesting companies to report on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues. South Africa’s JSE Ltd this year ...
The London Stock Exchange trading outage on 2 November and the subsequent delay of its migration of the LSE's main trading to MllenniumIT's platform is ...
Africa needs to spend $93 billion a year on power, transport and water projects over the next decade to lift growth in the world’s poorest ...
The wave of mega acquisitions which has gained momentum in South Africa this year could only be the start of a takeover tsunami, as large ...
South Africa is proposing amendments to the Income Tax Act to level the playing field between Islamic banks and conventional banking, although no date has ...
South Africa is ranked 1st out of 139 countries for its regulation of securities exchanges, according to the latest World Economic Forum Competiveness Report 2010-2011. ...
After a strong first half performance, the JSE Limited, which operates the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, is making 2010 a year of consolidation. Africa’s biggest exchange ...
For full details, the interim results for the first half year to June 2010 are published on the JSE website. A recent JSE press release ...
South Africa’s full service securities exchange, the JSE Ltd, on 17 May recorded 205,748 trades valued at more than R20 billion (US$2.6 billion). This coincided ...
South Africa’s first, specialised, private equity clean technology fund, Evolution One Fund, has reached its final closing after raising R700 million (US$92 million) from local ...
Adlevo Capital Managers (www.adlevocapital.com) announced on 10 June that it has completed the first closing of Adlevo Capital Africa LLC fund with capital commitments of ...
South Africa’s JSE stock exchange is requiring listed companies to integrate their sustainability reports with their annual reports, with effect from this month. According to ...
Volatility and increased uncertainty in global markets last week meant extra demands for huge trading volumes on world markets. South Africa’s JSE Ltd. handled the ...
South Africa’s JSE Ltd this week announced that it was close to creating Africa’s first “dark pool” for trading large orders. These are structures that ...
South Africa could be the centre of mining finance for Africa, according to Mick Davis, CEO of international mining company Xstrata, as reported in the ...
Companies on Johannesburg’s Alternative Stock Exchange (AltX), a division of the JSE Ltd (www.jse.co.za), continue to struggle to attract sufficient mainstream attention. However, at a ...
Conservation tourism pioneer Wilderness Safaris is aiming for a primary listing on the Botswana Stock Exchange (www.bse.co.bw) and a simultaneous secondary listing on the Johannesburg ...