The Cape Town Stock Exchange (CTSE) is poised to launch on October 1 under the leadership of CEO Eugene Booysen. “South Africa and Africa needs to know there’s an alternative to the JSE,” Booysen tells The Africa Report.
The CTSE is a rebranding of the 4 Africa Exchange, (4AX), which will be moving from Johannesburg, the country’s financial hub, to Cape Town. The exchange will be known as the CTSE from 1 October. The 4AX is one of the two operational, licensed stock exchanges in South Africa, with licenses for both equity and debt listings.
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As Africa’s largest bourse, the Johannesburg Stocks Exchange (JSE) is slowly becoming a victim of its own success. Its listing rules are expensive for small and medium caps looking to raise equity. On 18 August, the JSE suffered a high-profile malfunction when, due to a technical glitch, it failed to open equities trading on time.
- Booysen
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