BSE eyes automated trading of bonds
Friday, August 07, 2015
It is understood that the issue has become a key priority at the local bourse, considering that worldwide bond markets are being automated.
BSE’s deputy Chief Executive Officer, Thapelo Tsheole told journalists at a business seminar yesterday that although the exchange introduced the automated trading system (ATS) in 2012, no bonds have been traded through this system since then.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...