BSEL battles to reverse revenue slowdown

Thapelo Tsheole. PIC. MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Thapelo Tsheole. PIC. MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Botswana Stock Exchange Limited (BSEL) plans to secure approval of its new equity brokerage commission structure this year, as part of a plan to shore up revenues at the local bourse.

According to the exchange’s figures, revenues have slowed from P34 million in 2015 to last year’s P32.6 million, while commission incomes have fallen even faster from P14.3 million to P9.4 million over the same period.

The fall in the commission income is partly to do with static fee structures and declining levels of equity trades at the BSE in the last several years.

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