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Amended JSE listing requirements to take effect on December 2

6th November 2019

By: Simone Liedtke

Creamer Media Social Media Editor & Senior Writer

     

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The JSE has amended its listing requirements to strengthen the listing entry criteria for both primary and secondary listings.

The objective of the amendments, the JSE says, is to protect investors by enhancing disclosures, strengthening corporate governance and improving the integrity of financial information.

The amendments are a proactive response to corporate scandals, speculation and innuendo that characterised South African financial markets in 2017 and 2018, which the JSE says “highlighted the need for the JSE to review its responsibilities and strengthen regulation specifically in relation to primary and secondary listings”.

Most of the amendments will take effect on December 2, but the JSE will allow for a transition period and furnish listed companies with a guidance letter on the implementation of certain amendments before they become effective, affording companies more time to adhere to the amendments.  

“Our role as the regulator of companies listed on the JSE is to ensure that we continue to build trust and confidence in our market. We do this through the protection of investors by ensuring continuous enhancement in the level of disclosures by listed companies so that investors can make informed investment decisions,” JSE issuer regulation GM Andre Visser says.

In September 2018, the JSE released a consultation paper for public comment and facilitated two rounds of rigorous consultation with the market and general public. This was to ensure that engagement and input from the market is considered when amendments are made to the listing requirements.

“We believe the amendments we have made to the listing requirements will be enabling for listing companies and investors, taking into account the ever-changing and evolving local and global financial markets framework,” Visser states.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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