Inflation-linked ETF debuts on BSE

Barclays and BSE officials marking the launch of the ETF PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Barclays and BSE officials marking the launch of the ETF PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Barclays Africa listed 4.4 million units of its Inflation-Linked Bond Index exchange traded fund (ILBI ETF) on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) yesterday.

According to the bank, the ILBI ETF will provide investors in Botswana with the opportunity to invest in the performance of a de facto South African government inflation bond benchmark index.

The listing is the first time that Barclays Africa had listed the ILBI ETF outside South Africa.

Editor's Comment
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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