BSE introduces market making to improve liquidity

Marketing making to improve liquidity on BSE
Marketing making to improve liquidity on BSE

The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) has introduced the concept of market making, with the aim to improve liquidity on the domestic bourse.

Market making is described as the act of simultaneously submitting bid and offer prices into the Automated Trading System (ATS) with the intention of infusing liquidity in securities that are not frequently traded on the stock exchange.

BSE deputy chief executive officer, Thapelo Tsheole said the implementation of market making on the local exchange should entail the appointment of institutions that would have applied to be registered as market makers.

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BPF should get house in order

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...

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