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FAQs

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

About the ZSE

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Limited (‘ZSE’) is a licensed securities exchange in terms of the Securities and Exchange Act (24:25), with a core mandate to facilitate long term capital raising through listing of securities as well as offering secondary market securities trading and issuer regulation services.

The ZSE is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe.

No, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Limited (‘ZSE’) is owned by different shareholders.

The roles of ZSE are:

●Facilitating raising of long term capital for companies, Government and semi Government institutions;

●Providing a regulated platform for secondary market buying and selling of securities;

●Provision of information such as historical financials, securities prices and market reports; and

●Regulating stockbrokers, market makers and security issuers.

The ZSE facilitates the listing and trading of the following security types:

●Ordinary shares;

●Preference shares;

●Depository receipts

●Debt securities such as debentures, notes and bonds; and

●Exchange Traded Funds

The ZSE uses Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube, with the following handles

Twitter: @ZSE_ZW

Facebook: Zimbabwe Stock Exchange

LinkedIn: Zimbabwe Stock Exchange

YouTube: Zimbabwe Stock Exchange

A stock exchange is a marketplace where financial securities are bought and sold.

Financial securities represent a claim on the assets of the issuer and such claims can be ownership (as represented by equity securities) or creditor (represented by debt securities).

A share is a unit of ownership. It is also referred to as equity. When one purchases a share in a company he/she becomes a part owner in that company. He/she will be entitled to certain rights e.g. dividend and voting.

Shareholder rights and benefits can include the following:

• Participating in annual general meetings

• Receiving reports and information pertaining to the company invested in

• Dividends

• Further issues of shares

• Share buy-backs, and

• Other corporate actions