Today Steinhoff Africa Retail (JSE:SRR) listed in the Broadline Retailers sub sector on the main board of the JSE. Steinhoff Retail Africa (STAR) is the 14th company to list on the JSE this year.

South Africa-based financial services firm, Sanlam, controls just 2% of Uganda’s insurance business but it has shown its determination to upgrade its market share with the planned acquisition of Lion Assurance Company (LAC).

Today Orion Minerals (JSE: ORN), an Australian base metals firm with an active exploration and development programme in South Africa, listed in the Gold Mining sector on the Main Board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The company is the 13th to list on the bourse this year.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) now offers investors an even wider range of products which give investors exposure to global markets with the listing of three new Satrix exchange traded funds (ETFs). The new ETFs will track the MSCI World index, MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index and the S&P 500®.