stock exchange Archives

06 Sep 2023

Japan – a value investor’s paradise

By Staff Writer

By: Brett Moshal, Co-lead of the Japan team, Orbis Investments Japan is the world’s second-largest developed stock market and home to over 600 companies with market values above US$1bn. But despite its size, Japan is often left hanging on the periphery of investor attention. We can see why. Since its epic bubble burst in 1990,...

09 Sep 2021

Investec to list on A2X

By Staff Writer

Investec Limited will retain its listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), the Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX) and the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) and its issued share capital will be unaffected by its secondary listing on A2X. Investec plc will retain its listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the JSE and its issue capital will also remain unaffected.

31 Mar 2020

Supermarket giant Choppies restructures to lift suspension

By Staff Writer

Choppies Enterprises Limited (CEL) is overhauling its corporate governance in preparation for the lifting of the suspension of trading in its shares in Botswana and Johannesburg by mid-year.

25 Jan 2019

Santam to list on A2X Exchange

By Janice Roberts

Santam Limited (Share code: SNT), South Africa’s largest general insurer with a market cap of more than R34 billion, will effect a secondary listing of its shares, on the A2X Markets exchange. Its shares will be available to trade on A2X from 1 February 2019.

26 Jan 2018

Public Investment Corporation acquires equity in ZAR X

By Janice Roberts

Public Investment Corporation SOC Ltd (PIC), one of Africa’s largest investment managers, with assets under management in excess of R1.9 trillion, has made an equity investment in ZAR X on behalf of the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF).

03 Nov 2017

Competition Tribunal gives greenlight to Capitalworks R907 million acquisition of Sovereign Foods

By Staff Writer

Sovereign Foods announced on 2 November that the South African Competition Tribunal has approved Capitalworks’ acquisition of Sovereign Foods.

06 Oct 2017

SA's newest stock exchange opens

By Janice Roberts

A2X Markets (A2X), South Africa’s newest stock exchange, made its debut this morning with three listings and four of the industry’s leading brokers on board.

01 Jun 2017

ZAR X lists TWK Investments

By Janice Roberts

ZAR X, South Africa’s first additional stock exchange in almost 60 years, will be listing TWK Investments Ltd, a 77 year old agribusiness based in Mpumalanga, on 12 June 2017.

02 Mar 2017

4AX - ticking all the right boxes

By Janice Roberts

On the 28th February 2017, 4 Africa Exchange (4AX) hosted the Financial Services Board (FSB) for the Regulator’s pre-launch onsite visit, which brings the exchange another step closer to going live and its first listing.

10 Feb 2017

FSB Appeal Board dismisses JSE and 4AX appeals against ZAR X licence

By Janice Roberts

Yesterday’s FSB Appeal Board judgement dismissing the consolidated appeals of the JSE and 4AX against the FSB’s granting of an exchange licence to ZAR X allows ZAR X to proceed with much needed financial market innovation. The exchange will focus on facilitating investment and savings for ordinary South Africans and providing business with a more...

02 Sep 2016

4AX becomes SA’s second licenced stock exchange

By Janice Roberts

4 Africa Exchange (4AX) is pleased to announce it has been granted an exchange licence by the Financial Services Board (FSB) to become the next licenced exchange in South Africa – catering for companies who seek a listings alternative.

13 Jul 2016

T+0 and ZAR X on track for September launch

By Janice Roberts

ZAR X – South Africa’s new, fast and affordable stock exchange – is on track for its official launch in September, ushering in the era of realtime or T+0 settlement.