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Where did all the listings go?

for the past year or so there’s been a tweet that frequently pops up in my Twitter timeline, stating that in 1999 the JSE had 668 listed companies and now has 351. I haven’t verified the information, because it makes sense to me. It’s not a regulation or a red tape issue. It’s not even a South African issue. It’s a global phenomenon.

In November 2017, research by the.)

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