A New Online Look for Strate

We are excited to let you know that Strate’s new website is now live.

Pages have been updated with the latest information about Strate’s products and services, as well as resourceful information to help the market understand the basics of the CSD industry. Visitors will be able to also view information relating to our Regulatory Environment, given that Strate is a self-regulatory entity, watch videos on our CSI initiatives, read news and access a calendar of upcoming events.

To visit the new site, go to www.strate.co.za.

SCS Charity Spotlight: In Support of the Welfare of our Nation’s Children

Nelson Mandela once said, “Together as a nation, we have the obligation to put sunshine into the hearts of our little ones. They are our precious possessions. They deserve what happiness life can offer.”
Child Welfare’s vision is in line with Mandela’s, aiming to provide safe home environments to children and protect children to ensure that they have the opportunity to reach their full potential. It builds communities where all children live with a loving adult caregiver in a family home with easy access to food, health-care, education, recreation, and emotional support. SCS too is playing its part in helping Child Welfare Tshwane achieve its goals, as it is one of SCS’ beneficiaries.
Through investor’s donations of small or large amounts of their shares to SCS, they are helping children across the country. The funds from donors and sponsors help Child Welfare Tshwane – which belongs to one of the largest non-profit and non-governmental organisations in the country – help it drive a number of programmes.
Such programmes include, but are not limited to, child protection, adoption, bereavement groups and foster parents support groups.

 

According to Tanya Knowles, Strate’s Head of Corporate Affairs and a Board Member of SCS, investors can change the lives of many individuals who are in desperate need. “As investors and business people, we’re often met with the growing demands of life in general. While it is in our hearts to help those in need, some people wish that they could do more. SCS is such an easy and convenient way to do just that for charities across the country. There is also the added bonus to investors of ridding their portfolio of those nuisance odd lot shares and getting a tax benefit for the donation to SCS, which goes a long way to helping uplift communities and supporting charities, such as Child Welfare Tshwane.”
Some of the other charities to have benefited from SCS include the Salvation Army, the African Children’s Feeding Scheme, Hospice, the Red Cross and the World Wildlife Fund SA.

South Africa’s Financial Market Proving to Enhance Investor Confidence

South Africa has maintained its financial market development rank of 3rd out of 148 countries in the World Economic Forum’s The Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014, scoring 5.8 out of 7 points. A year ago, it was ranked 3rd of 144 countries in the report …

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Collateral Management Conference 2013

Strate’s Collateral Management Project is on track to be implemented with Clearstream on 16-18 November 2013. The Clearstream technology, through sophisticated algorithms, automatically manages bilateral eligibility criteria for collateral, allocates the cheapest securities to deliver against open exposures and thus provides regular intra-day collateral optimisation, where possible. In addition, collateral top-ups and returns, cash margin calls, automatic substitutions as well as tracking of collateral placed and received are stand-out features of this world class solution for the South African market.

 

Strate is presenting a number of market workshops to continue educating stakeholders about Strate Collateral Management Services and its benefits. These benefits include meeting the growing need for the greater use of collateral for financial transactions in South Africa stemming from pending regulatory changes such as Basel III, Solvency II and the G-20 requirements for central clearing of standardised over-the-counter derivatives and improve the tracking and efficient use of collateral.

 

Collateral Management Conference on 31 October 2013

Strate, in conjunction with Clearstream, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bourse, will also be hosting an inaugural Collateral Management Conference on 31 October 2013 in Johannesburg to explore the different views on the impact the changing regulatory landscape will have on collateral management and the effects on the South African market. To RSVP, email info@Strate.co.za.

 

Should you require more details regarding the Collateral Management Project, please contact the Collateral Management team: Collateral@strate.co.za or via 011 759 5434.