http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2010/12/24/challenge-for-african-stock-markets/ African business, politics and lifestyle Fri, 17 May 2013 00:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2010/12/24/challenge-for-african-stock-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-9317 TomMinney Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:08:19 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/?p=4702#comment-9317 With so much of the world keen on African investments, Sunil Benimadhu of the African Stock Exchanges Association was right to call on the member exchanges to make improvements so they can become more effective channels of investment capital (search "Benimadhu" on my blog www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com for his comments, reported on 17 Nov). It is not just foreign interest, as local economies are better run we could see a big rise in domestic insurance and pension funds who also need a favourable investment environment. The choice does not have to be national exchanges vs 1 or 2 big exchanges. Technology allows national exchanges which have harmonized their systems and are well run to route orders and share information from one to another, enhancing liquidity and bringing the markets together without removing sovereignty. With so much of the world keen on African investments, Sunil Benimadhu of the African Stock Exchanges Association was right to call on the member exchanges to make improvements so they can become more effective channels of investment capital (search “Benimadhu” on my blog http://www.africancapitalmarketsnews.com for his comments, reported on 17 Nov). It is not just foreign interest, as local economies are better run we could see a big rise in domestic insurance and pension funds who also need a favourable investment environment.
The choice does not have to be national exchanges vs 1 or 2 big exchanges. Technology allows national exchanges which have harmonized their systems and are well run to route orders and share information from one to another, enhancing liquidity and bringing the markets together without removing sovereignty.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2010/12/24/challenge-for-african-stock-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-9272 eddu Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:25:50 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/?p=4702#comment-9272 The Problem we have in Africa is poor institutions and this is big deal. Politicians are holding their people while the world is moving forward. The businesses and investments are there and Africa is one of the biggest market in the world behind Asia and US but why these politicians stuck on corruptions. Most of Investors and Entrepreneurs will continue to stay out until things on ground change, risks are too high. Sometime I imagine if Africa is able to establish stability and create strong Common Market, there will be a lot of opportunities for their people. Hope African Leadership read blog to learn something The Problem we have in Africa is poor institutions and this is big deal. Politicians are holding their people while the world is moving forward. The businesses and investments are there and Africa is one of the biggest market in the world behind Asia and US but why these politicians stuck on corruptions. Most of Investors and Entrepreneurs will continue to stay out until things on ground change, risks are too high. Sometime I imagine if Africa is able to establish stability and create strong Common Market, there will be a lot of opportunities for their people. Hope African Leadership read blog to learn something

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