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Family Bank introduces Acumen for its treasury operations
12 February 2018
Nairobi Reporter Jenna Lomax

Family Bank in Kenya has implemented Profile Software’s Acumen net solution for its treasury and risk management operations

Short selling receives green light in Kenya
16 January 2018
Nairobi Reporter Zsuzsa Szabo

Kenya is to launch a regulated short selling and securities lending service after it was given approval by the country’s Capital Markets Authority

SFTR code of conduct not fit for purpose, says SASLA
05 December 2017
Johannesburg Reporter Drew Nicol

The South African Securities Lending Association has raised serious concerns over the applicability of a proposed code of conduct for securities financing participants in the region

Pirum joins South African securities lending association
21 September 2017
Johannesburg Reporter Drew Nicol

Pirum Systems has joined the South African Securities Lending Association

Kenyan securities lending drive gains international support
13 March 2017
Nairobi Reporter Drew Nicol

Kenya’s capital markets liquidity drive received another boost last week as the country’s Capital Markets Authority looked to diversify available financial products with the help of several international bodies

Kenya opens to securities lending
31 October 2016
Nairobi Reporter Drew Nicol

Kenya has become the latest African market to open itself up to international securities lending and short selling transactions...

SASLA names Juanita Taylor as new chair
19 July 2016
Johannesburg Reporter Mark Dugdale

Standard Bank’s Juanita Taylor has taken over as chair of the South African Securities Lending Association...

South Africa makes the leap to T+3
13 July 2016
Johannesburg Reporter Drew Nicol

South Africa’s capital market has initiated its long-anticipated settlement reform by shortening its standard cycle to T+3 from T+5, this week...

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