Press Releases

JOHANNESBURG, 12 March 2012 – Standard Chartered Bank today announced the launch of Securities Services in South Africa, expanding the Bank’s existing regional securities services to the largest economy on the continent. South Africa is the 5th new market in which Standard Chartered has launched securities services since the Bank’s ...

98% of SA's R1,15 trillion in bond market assets now dematerialised Dematerialisation has significantly reduced the post-trade risks associated with the previous paper based settlement environment Strate's drive to a paperless South African bond market has culminated in a 98% dematerialisation success rate amongst the R1,15 trillion ...

The two companies have entered into exclusive negotiations to explore the development of the new service for South Africa Strate clients would benefit from a more efficient use of their domestic collateral South Africa would be the third market, after Brazil and Australia, to use the Liquidity Hub GO outsourcing service from ...

New Offering Expands Citi's Proprietary DCC Network to 60 Markets globally and 34 markets across EMEA JOHANNESBURG, LONDON- Citigroup today announced that its Global Transaction Services business has begun to provide Direct Custody and Clearing (DCC) services to its clients in South Africa. This new offering expands Citi's proprietary DCC network ...

Link Investor Services (Pty) Ltd has been approved as a South African Central Securities Depository (CSD) Participant for Equities as of 1 November 2011 by the Controlling Body of Strate and the Financial Services Board. Link is the first new CSD Participant to enter the South African Equities Market in over ten years. The role of a CSD ...