Stanbic bank bolsters bond market
Thursday, September 08, 2016
Sheperd Asiam and Thapelo Tsheole during bond market confrence media briefing.PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The first of its kind, the conference is the birth child of the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) and the Botswana Bond Market Association (BBMA), with a view to bringing together relevant stakeholders to engage in discussions around developing and nourishing the bond market.
“We are honoured to come on board as the Diamond Sponsor for such a prestigious and meaningful platform as this. Our excellent business pedigree in lead arranging, book-running and trading of bonds in secondary market saw it only natural for a partnership with the BSE and BBMA.
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...