On 8 November, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange celebrated its milestone 135th anniversary. It was, as all birthdays are, an inflection point; a wonderful moment to pause, take stock and reflect. Our history is as full of big moments as smaller, unseen ...
Established literally in a tent on the side of the mining camp that would ultimately develop into the financial capital of Africa, the JSE has been synonymous with the development of modern industrialised South Africa, living every twist and turn; civil wars, world wars, cold wars, colonialism, decolonialism, neocolonialism and even a couple of global pandemics – albeit 100 years apart.
Local equities fared even better, delivering even better real returns of 8.2%. Our history of the little moments has been just as dramatic for those of us intimately involved in it: from literally beginning as an open outcry exchange to one that not only became silent, but virtual and remote too during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.
Perhaps the greatest display of our own belief in the value of what we do was our demutualisation in 2005 and subsequent successful listing of the JSE on its own bourse. The need to continually evolve is driven by our passion to be future-fit; sufficiently agile to be able to identify the challenges of new developments, provide solutions for them and always remain responsive to the needs of our stakeholders: investors, listed companies and financial institutions, here and across the world.
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