11 Facts About JSE Limited

In 2003 the JSE Limited had an estimated 473 listed companies and a market capitalisation of US$182.

In 1978, the JSE Limited took up residence at 17 Diagonal Street near Kerk Street, Johannesburg.

In 2009 the JSE Limited acquired the Bond Exchange of South Africa for R240 million and rebranded it the JSE Limited debt market adding South African government and corporate bonds as well as interest rate derivatives to its product set.

On 18 June 2012, the JSE Limited became a founding member of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative on the eve of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development .

On 14 April 2014, the JSE Limited re-branded to demonstrates the bourse's identity as a modern African marketplace that connects investors to growth opportunities not only in South Africa but globally.

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In May 2022, the JSE Limited became the first exchange to come to market with a new service from provider xyt that would utilize peep group rankings to help trading firms explore market share and examine and view trading interactions and performance.

JSE Limited provides a market where securities can be traded freely under a regulated procedure.

JSE Limited is governed by its members but through their use of JSE Limited services and facilities, these members are customers of the Exchange.

Each year the JSE Limited must apply to the Minister of Finance for an operating license which vests external control of the exchange in the FSB.

Change to the Millennium Exchange involved moving the platform from London to a new platform housed in the JSE Limited building in Johannesburg, thus speeding up the execution of transactions.

The JSE Limited operates an order-driven, central order book trading system with opening, intra-day and closing auctions.