JSE seminar on African capital markets development

Johannesburg Stock Exchange (credit www.jse.co.za)
Johannesburg Stock Exchange (credit www.jse.co.za)

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the African Securities Exchanges Association, supported by the World Bank Group, will host the 3rd Building African Financial Markets capacity-building seminar. This will be in Johannesburg, South Africa from 10-12 September.
The aim of the seminar is to promote growth and development of African financial markets by giving representatives from stock exchanges, regulatory bodies, stockbroking firms and other interested parties the opportunity to learn about topical subjects in the area of capital markets.
The seminar includes speakers from African and global securities exchanges, banks, stockbrokers, major financial institutions, issuers, multilateral organisations and regulators. The topics covered include Are exchanges playing a meaningful role in African growth and development?, Exchange demutualization – perspectives and considerations, Listings – what do exchanges need to do to get companies to list
This year is the first to introduce a series of parallel workshop sessions to allow for a more interactive environment for engagement. Workshops include constructing exchange-traded funds, building electronic bond markets and the role of exchanges in bond markets, data commercialization, effective ways to enhance financial literacy, commodity derivative exchanges, increasing market liquidity, sustainable stock exchange initiative.
The conference sessions will be held at the JSE during the day time of 11 and 12 September. The seminar will start with a cocktail function at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) for all delegates and speakers on the evening of 10 September, and a stockbroker networking session will in the afternoon of 11 September.
The detailed programme can be downloaded from the JSE website via the link BAFM Programme on this page.

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