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First South African LEI issuer endorsed
08 February 2016
Johannesburg Reporter Stephanie Palmer

Strate has become the first institution to provide legal entity identifier services in South Africa, having received endorsement from the Regulatory Oversight Committee...

Nigerian and Kenyan CSDs in post-trade agreement
14 December 2015
Nairobi Reporter Stephanie Palmer

Africlear Global has signed a memorandum of understanding with CSCS Nigeria and CDSC Kenya to establish a post-trade services platform including clearing and settlement for capital market transactions...

$30 billion admin mandate for Maitland
03 November 2015
Johannesburg Reporter Stephanie Palmer

Maitland has won a mandate to provide third-party administration for $30 billion in assets under management for South African financial services firm MMI Holdings...

Standard Bank: Pension fund admin shifting to banks
28 September 2015
Johannesburg Reporter Stephanie Palmer

An increasing demand for lower costs and more effective administration is leading pension funds to look towards banks for administration functions, according to Charl Bruyns...

Grows strong, Maitland does
23 July 2015
Johannesburg Reporter Mark Dugdale

Fund administration firm Maitland has concluded an agreement with STANLIB, one of Africa’s largest fund managers, to ‘lift out’ its traditional institutional fund administration operations...

SmartStream expands African operations
09 June 2015
Nairobi Reporter Becky Butcher

SmartStream Technologies has expanded its global operations with the opening of a new office in Nairobi...

SGSS mandated by QNB Alahli
03 June 2015
Egypt Reporter Stephen Durham

SGSS has signed a cooperation agreement with Qatar National Bank Alahli to provide securities services to international institutional investors and corporates in Egypt...

African Development Bank invests in CSDs
12 May 2015
Nairobi Reporter Becky Butcher

CDSC Kenya, CSCS Nigeria and Altree Financial Group have partnered with the African Development Bank to deliver improved information technology and support services to central securities depositories operating across Africa...

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