The Casablanca Stock Exchange is about to add a landmark instrument to its toolkit: the first cash-settled futures contract on the MASI 20 index. After an in-depth review, the product received the regulator's (AMMC) green light on 6 May 2025 (ref. VI/MAT/01/2025), confirming that all regulatory boxes are ticked and the market infrastructure is ready.

The Ethiopian Securities Exchange and Bourse de Casablanca signed a strategic cooperation agreement. On the day following the conclusion of the Africa Financial Summit held in Casablanca, the stock exchanges of two of the largest economies on the continent demonstrated their strong will to foster collaboration underscoring a shared vision to bolster dynamic capital markets as engines of economic development.

Societe Generale Group has signed two contracts with Saham Group, subject to the approval of the competent authorities, with a view for Societe Generale to sell Société Générale Marocaine de Banques including its subsidiaries* and La Marocaine Vie. The two Groups also outlined the framework for a long-term business partnership.

CFG Bank's IPO was, unsurprisingly, a great success with investors. According to several members of the underwriting syndicate, data collected on Thursday, a few hours after the close of subscriptions, indicates that the operation was oversubscribed between 25 and 30 times by an estimated 20,000 investors. This figure could change in either direction once all orders have been processed.