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1. The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 led to many mining and financial companies opening and a need soon arose for a stock exchange. |
2. The Johannesburg Exchange & Chambers Company was established by a London businessman, Benjamin Minors Woollan and housed at the corner of Commissioner and Simmonds Streets. |
3. The JSE was established as a stock exchange in 1887. |
4. JSE becomes a member of the World Federation of Exchanges in 1963. |
5. In 1947 the first legislation applicable to the operation of exchanges i was introduced with the Stock Exchanges Control Act. |
6. In 1978 the JSE achieved a market capitalisation of R51 billion, eight times the market size in 1961 – a record for the JSE. |
7. Krugerrands were officially listed in 1979. |
8. In 2000 the JSE successfully listed Satrix 40, the JSE's first exchange traded fund, which tracks the top 40 companies listed on the JSE's Main Board. |
9. In 2001 the JSE acquired SAFEX, the South African Futures Exchange, and becomes the leader in both equities and equity and agricultural derivatives trading in the South African market. |
10. In 2001 the JSE entered into a joint venture with GL Trade SA to provide an internationally accepted trading front-end to the equities market, known in South Africa as TALX. |
11. The JSE has operated as a market place for the trading of financial products for nearly 120 years. |
12. In 2004 the JSE launched the Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Index, which measures compliance by companies with triple bottom line criteria around economic, environmental and social sustainability. |
13. In 2002 the JSE took an important step forward in its campaign to modernise its operations with the launch of a new free float indexing system in conjunction with FTSE, namely the FTSE/JSE African Index Series to replace the then existing indices |
14. In June 2006 the JSE Ltd listed on the Main Board |
15. Jacques De Beer provides software support, 083 475-3585 |
16. Nomi Dlamini is SMC's Client Service Manager, 011 315-1000 |
17. Our preferred Stock Brokers are Newstrading - Martin Lentsoane, 011 722-7438 |
18. Lee Mienie is SMC's Sales Manager, 011 315-1000 or 083 556-5731 |
19. Lee Mienie is the MLM Manager for SMC, 011 315-1000 or 083 556-5731 |
20. Hardus Van Pletsen is the SMC Managing Director, 082 908-3332 |
21. Zelda Van Pletsen is a Director at SMC, 011 315-1000 |
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