Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)
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A summary of the latest financial technology news.
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A summary of the latest financial technology news.
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A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: State Street/MarketAxess, Aquis, Linedata & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: LSEG Technology; SIX/Nasdaq; FTSE Russell/JSE; & More
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
Avelacom Debuts South Africa Network, PoP for JSE Access
The new network and local PoP will provide trading firms in the UK and US with low-latency access to data and trading services at the JSE.
Africa’s Sleeping Fintech Giant Stirs
The growth of fintech hubs, and a populace comfortable with digital banking and mobile technology, could signal a new era for African market technology.
NovaSparks Expands NovaTick Market Coverage
The new additions covering Asia-Pacific, Scandinavia and Canada bring NovaSparks' total coverage to more than 50 markets worldwide.
Infront Opens Two Offices in South Africa
The move is in response to a growing local base for its products, which have until now been delivered via third-party vendors.
FTSE Russell, NSX Partner for Index Series
The deal will provide new indexes on the Nambian market
Exchanges Continue Data Revenue Rises
Market data revenues at exchanges continue to increase, even when other exchange businesses fare less well.
Johannesburg Exchange Taps MillenniumIT Technology for Derivatives, Fixed Income Markets
Deal will extend JSE's use of Millennium Advanced Platform, Millennium Exchange trading platform and Millennium Surveillance.
Perseus Lays LiquidPath Managed Data, Connectivity at Johannesburg Exchange
Move will offer reduced latency and infrastructure footprint for clients.
JSE, Euronext Ally for Wheat Contract Data Sharing
Deal will help Euronext to grow its wheat contract as a global benchmark.
JSE Moves to Final T+3 Phase
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has announced the completion of phase two in its three-part plan to shift the South African securities market to T+3.
Leila Fourie Appointed to JSE Board
Leila Fourie, director of post-trade and information services at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, was this week appointed to the bourse’s board as an executive director.
JSE Reports Data Revenue Rise
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has reported first-half data revenues of 95.4 million South African rand, a 16 percent increase over the same period last year, on overall group operating revenue of R869 million, itself a 9 percent increase over the…
Barclays Africa Goes Live on EquiLend
Johannesburg-based Absa Bank, a subsidiary of Barclays Africa, has become South Africa’s first domestic bank to execute a securities finance trade on the EquiLend trading platform. The move marks a progression toward the automation of Absa’s trading and…
Opening Cross: Forget ‘Keep it Simple, Stupid.’ Think KIDD—’Keep it Diversified, Dummy"
The market data business is increasingly governed by the need to diversify to respond to market and investment trends. Trading firms seeking exposure to new opportunities diversify the datasets they consume in search of the one that will give them an…