Dar, London bourses to enhance ties
THE Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange has partnered with London Stock Exchange to build capacity of the local market stakeholders in a bid to accelerate the bourse development.
The agreement signed early this
week in London, also involves UK’s Department for International Development
(DFID) and the country becomes the first African stock market to pen down the
MoU.
DSE Chief Executive Officer
Moremi Marwa said after the signing ceremony that the agreement centered on
training of regulators, the exchange, brokers and other interested parties like
the ministry of finance and FSD Tanzania.
“(The MoU) centered to enable
them (stock stakeholders) play a key role in our economic development and
growth,” Mr Marwa told the ‘Daily News’ from London via email where he also
opened LSE trading season on Monday.
He added: “this is to enable
the exchange to be the focus for long term capital rising through mobilization
of capital resources and direct them to long term investment activities
(assets).”
Orbit Securities Head of
Dealings and Operations Simon Juventus said the training was aimed at giving
the Dar bourse exposure as LSE is an advanced market compared to DSE.
“Training will enable DSE to
share experience with LSE on challenges and success,” Mr Juventus said “to the
benefit of Dar’s bourse development.” The first group of 20 strong members,
branded as capital market development leaders, is in London since Monday to
attend one-week training at LSE Group on the same initiative.
During her last visit to
Tanzania, UK Secretary of State, International Development, Justine Greening
said that DFID would form a strategic partnership with the London Stock
Exchange Group (LSEG) to support capital market development in East Africa.
“As a first step, we will look
at addressing the very real skills shortages that our country partners have
identified as a critical constraint on market growth,” Ms Greening said.
She added: “We will be
providing bespoke training for financial sector professionals, regulators and
government officials, in partnership with the world-class LSEG Academy.” London
Stock Exchange is one of the world’s oldest stock exchanges and can trace its
history back more than 300 years. DSE history began 16 years ago.
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