Powering market growth through digital innovation
Lizelle Khan
Empowering the issuer ecosystem to move faster, stay compliant and make smarter decisions.
Creating the trust that keeps South African
markets running smoothly
Strate’s digital solutions for issuers and their agents enhance efficiencies, reduce risk and costs, improve corporate governance and deliver market intelligence that informs business decision-making. From automated corporate actions and compliance reporting to real-time investor insights and seamless global market access, we support the issuer ecosystem as the trusted infrastructure behind South Africa’s capital markets.
Strate offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to simplify the issuer journey across public and private markets. From governance to enabling digital access to services, we serve as the trusted infrastructure behind South Africa’s capital markets. Here’s a closer look at what we offer:
CSD Services: providing efficiency, standardisation and security
As South Africa’s principal central securities depository (CSD), Strate digitises and secures legal records of ownership, ensures the safe settlement of trades , and provides a trusted digital ecosystem for your listed or unlisted securities.
Our infrastructure delivers regulatory certainty, operational efficiency and brings consistency across your governance, reporting and investor interactions.
Our aim:
Your core CSD service offering:
Registry services
Strate digitises legal records of ownership, allowing issuers to maintain a register of beneficial holders with full legal certainty. Our platform provides up-to-date, auditable shareholder data, critical for governance, compliance and investor communication
Corporate actions
Strate automatically manages dividends, interest payments, AGM voting and capital restructures – reducing the administrative burden and operational risk while saving time
Regulatory reporting
We provide customisable reports that support regulatory compliance, board reporting and investor engagement. Our real-time and scheduled options ensure transparency and control over key market and shareholder data
Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI)
Comply with global regulatory frameworks by issuing your LEI directly through Strate. We simplify the process of establishing and maintaining your legal identity across markets and jurisdictions. Click here to find out more
Host digital meetings
with secure, legally-binding voting capabilities
Manage virtual annual and extraordinary general meetings, and shareholder meetings digitally with tools for attendance, secure voting and tracking participation.
Detailed reports ensure full auditability and compliance with governance requirements.
For more information, click here
Transform raw shareholder data
into actionable intelligence
Investor Insights is designed to empower issuers with real-time, data-driven intelligence on investor activity and ownership trends.
Investor Insights offers:
- Register download
- Voting reports
- Basic register trends and insights
- Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) reporting (5% beneficial ownership update)
- South African Revenue Service (SARS) reporting
Delivered securely via StrateForward, the Investor Insights module enables you to
StrateForward provides streamlined processes and real-time access to key services such as your register, corporate actions (including dividend funding letters and upcoming corporate events), allotments and reporting.
To register click here
Sophisticated, direct access
global markets
Strate in partnership with Euroclear enables high-speed, seamless digital transfers of securities between foreign jurisdictions and South Africa that comply with regulatory requirements in both jurisdictions.
Strate’s Removals Service allows issuers and investors to transfer securities between local and offshore registers within minutes, improving liquidity, enhancing market access and reducing administrative complexity.
“Our automated CSD-to-CSD removals capability with Euroclear gives dual-listed companies the sophisticated cross-border infrastructure they need, backed by our world-class post-trade services” Gregory Naicker, Head of CSD Services at Strate.
To find out more about Strate’s global markets solutions, click here
Digital services for
privately owned securities and assets
Strate offers private market participants a secure, digital alternative for the safekeeping, settlement and reporting of private market securities. This initiative aligns with South Africa’s Financial Markets Act, ensuring legal and regulatory compliance while fostering broader investor participation.
Public financial markets in South Africa operate within an established infrastructure that has been developed to support market participants by promoting transparency, efficiency and risk mitigation. Strate’s digital services are a key contributor to the integrity and smooth operation of the financial market ecosystem.
In contrast, private markets have not enjoyed the same ecosystem of support and access to digital solutions. Private market transactions have relied heavily on inefficient manual processes that are prone to human error and increased levels of risk.
The problem statement
Partnership integration
Infrastructure access & connector
Leveraging Strate Infrastructure to grow capital markets
Private market value proposition
