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Kelle Gagné
On 1 February 2019, the South African Minister of Finance published the Financial Matters Amendment Bill (the "Bill") containing a long-awaited amendment to section 83 of the Insolvency Act, 1936.
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Kelle Gagné
As we have written in a number of previous articles, National Treasury, together with the Prudential Authority and the Financial Sector Conduct Authority ...
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Lara Lindeque
The proposed amendments remove this barrier and pave the way for entities such as the Postbank to register and operate as a fully-fledged bank.
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Kelle Gagné
Market participants must take note that the proposed amendment does not, in fact, achieve the aim of alleviating the administrative burden in margining-type transactions.
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Stephen von Schirnding
On 30 June 2017, after an initial round of public commentary undertaken by the JSE Limited on the proposed amendments to the JSE Debt Listings Requirements, the South African Registrar of Securities...
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Deborah Carmichael
Following downgrades by ratings agencies Standard & Poor's and Fitch in April 2017, Moody's cut South Africa's foreign and local-currency ratings to investment grade Baa3 with a negative outlook...
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Deborah Carmichael,
Ntando Siswana
Below are some of the main legal considerations to bear in mind when transacting with South African public entities.
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Stephen von Schirnding
On 15 December 2016, we published a communication following the release by the JSE Limited (the "JSE") of a new set of proposed JSE Debt Listing Requirements (the "DLRs").
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Kelle Gagné
On 22 April 2016, the Financial Services Board ("FSB") released a set of proposed amendments to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ("JSE") Derivatives Rules in Board Notice 49 of 2016.
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Ntando Siswana
On 8 July 2015, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange published the latest amendments to the JSE Debt Listings Requirements.
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Kelle Gagné
On 5 June 2015 Treasury released the second draft of the regulations relating to OTC derivatives under the Financial Markets Act, 2012.
With so much banking regulation coming down the pipeline, corporates are looking with greater interest at alternative sources of capital such as the bond market.
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Kelle Gagné
The draft regulations for OTC derivatives have been released, which means that change is in the air.
A discussion on South Africa's legal framework,regulatory practices and economy.
As the South African capital market remains relatively insulated from the financial woes of the developed nations, it is likely that there will be a significant uptick in foreign investment as investors seek out real returns.
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