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With a vision to list and trade specialised Sustainability Products covering Green, Blue and Climate Bonds as well as Green REITs, Social Bonds and Green Equity, SEM along with the CDS have entered into a collaboration agreement with ECube.

The SEMDEX reached a new All-Time High at market close today, reaching 2,485.31 points. The SEMTRI and the SEMTRI-ASI, also closed at new All-Time Highs of 11,222.64 points and 10,163.10 points respectively.

Market Making is a transformative step towards enhancing liquidity and boosting investor confidence. This initiative aligns with SEM's strategic vision to elevate its trading ecosystem, making it more dynamic, efficient, and attractive to both issuers and investors.

SEM is setting up “Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)” for the mySEM APP, effective 03 February 2025, applicable for all mySEM APP users. All mySEM APP Users are requested to provide their E-mail Address to their Investment Dealer or Custodian Bank before 03 February 2025, so that a generated One-Time Password (OTP) can be sent to their E-Mail Address when they login to mySEM APP as from 03 February 2025.

SEM adds another milestone to its innovation-driven journey with the launch of SEMX, a dedicated segment on the Official Market for high-growth companies. The segment is governed by a tailored set of listing rules that address the requirements of high-growth companies. These rules include provisions for market-making, ensuring adequate secondary market liquidity to enhance the appeal of SEMX-listed companies to investors. Tuesday Markets has been appointed as the initial market maker for SEMX.

Sunil Benimadhu, SEM's CEO chaired one of the Panels addressing the subject as to whether Cryptocurrencies are a threat to traditional finance.  SEM's CEO  was joined by Joseph Portelli, Executive Chairman of Malta Stock Exchange, Dr Matthias Voelkel, CEO of Boerse Stuttgart Group and Iosif Itkin  CEO and Co-founder of Exactpro, looking at why disintermediation in financial services has not lived up to its hype and how traditional finance can adapt lessons from crypto markets without compromising on safety and regulation.

SEMSI, which highlights the sustainability champions among the companies listed on the SEM, reached a new record at market close yesterday, ending the trading session at an all-time high of 132.44 points. SEMSI includes leading companies from the Mauritian economic landscape, with constituents such as MCB Group Limited, SBM Holdings Ltd, CIEL Limited, IBL Group Ltd, ENL Limited, and Sun Limited, Lux Island Resorts Ltd, New Mauritius Hotels Limited,  among others. Since the beginning of 2024, SEMSI has risen by 22.3% and has seen its total market capitalization increase from Rs 198.4 billion at the start of 2024 to Rs 251.6 billion yesterday.

This listing marks a new milestone for the company reflecting a remarkable journey and a testament of the Emtel's growing iconic stature. 4,273 investors (retail and institutional) have acquired shares under the Emtel IPO, underscoring the widespread confidence and trust that Emtel commands. 

MCB Group Limited, a company listed on the Official Market of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM), has written a new chapter in its history by becoming the first company listed on the SEM to reach a market capitalization of Rs 100 billion. At market close today, the MCB Group Limited's stock showed a market capitalization of Rs 101.12 billion and a share price of Rs 399.50. 

On 03 April 2024, the "ABC 5.80% 29/03/2034 Bond" issued by ABC Banking Corporation Ltd, has been listed on the Official Market of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.

The Panelists confirmed in no uncertain terms the importance of implementing proper ESG practices in their respective groups and reporting in a structured manner on these practices in their annual reports.

On 15 March, SEM unveiled its collaboration with Risk Insights, a South African company specializing in AI-powered tools. Their expertise lies in assessing and rating companies based on ESG reporting standards within their annual reports. The primary objective is to collaborate with companies in Mauritius, facilitating the enhancement of their ESG reporting practices.

The sustainability criteria of SEMSI encompass 4 pillars of corporate sustainability: Environmental, Governance, Social, and Economic, all of which are rooted in the G4 GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. With the inclusion of New Mauritius Hotels Ltd, SEMSI now comprises 18 companies, combining a market capitalisation of Rs 205.3 Billion.

SEM enters into a partnership agreement with Risk Insights, a data analytics firm recognized for its cutting-edge AI-powered ESG rating tools, to elevate the quality of ESG reporting in Mauritius.

mySEM APP is now available for download from Google Play and Apple Store. This new release relates to a number of ground-breaking initiatives by the SEM to avail investors of improved digital services and enhanced trading and operational efficiency.

The "ENL Secured Notes" have been structured by MCB Capital Markets Ltd, a wholly-owned entity of the MCB Group Limited, a listed company on SEM.

The Issuer is wholly-owned by MCB Capital Markets Ltd, which is itself a wholly-owned entity of the MCB Group Limited, a company listed on the Official Market of the SEM.

Cim Finance makes history by being the first company to list and trade a green bond, as per the FSC guidelines. Cim Finance raised and listed Rs 1.1 billion of green bonds on SEM's Official Market, out of which Rs 5m were traded on the first day of listing, 25-October-2023.

On the first day of trading on 15 June 2023, 2 Notes are being made available for trading at an indicative price of per note of Rs.100,335.51

The Preference Shares Issue has been fully subscribed and the total value of Preference Shares that the Company on issue amounts to EUR 40.3M.

The launch took place on 7 December 2022 on the sidelines of the ASEA 2022 Annual General Meeting and Annual Conference, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from 7 to 9 December 2022. The AELP Link enables seamless cross-border securities trading among seven African stock exchanges representing 2,000 companies with roughly $1.5 trillion market capitalization.

Miwa Sugar Ltd officially goes public, marking the culmination of a successful spin-off for Alteo Ltd. To mark this event, a “Bell Ringing Ceremony” was held at the headquarters of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) in Port-Louis.

MUR 750 Million Secured Fixed Rate Notes, issued by United Docks Ltd, have been raised on the Exchange and listed on 29 August 2022

SEM is honored to have received funding from the African Development Bank (AfDDB) for the new STT trading platform. This attests the key role of AfDB in supporting market innovation and growth in Africa. This new multi-asset ATS enables SEM to continue on the path of innovation, and move up the value-chain of products and services for its local and international stakeholders.

The new multi-asset ATS developed by STT, includes a rich and robust desktop trading front-end for brokers and a high-end mySEM App for investors. This enables SEM to continue on the path of innovation, and move up the value-chain of products and services for its local and international stakeholders.

This new multi-asset ATS includes a robust desktop trading front-end for brokers and a modern web/mobile mySEM App for investors at large. This enables SEM to continue on the path of innovation in pursuing its differentiation strategy and move up the value-chain of products and services for local and international stakeholders.

SEM wishes to inform its stakeholders and the public that, in the context of the implementation of its new Automated Trading System going live on 13 May 2022, some technical amendments have been brought to SEM’s Trading Procedures.

SEM is going live on 13 May 2022, with a fully responsive mySEM app which retains the key features of the previous one, and introduces a new look and feel as well as enhanced interactive components for investors at large. This new mySEM app version is a Progressive Web App (PWA), delivered through the web and can be used on any platform (desktop and mobile).

SEM is going live on 13 May 2022, with a new high-end Automated Trading System that complies with all existing functional and business requirements, but also includes new enhancements that are fully aligned with the pursuit of a differentiation strategy to position the Exchange as an attractive multi-currency capital-raising and listing platform for local, Africa-focused and niche international products.

Built through the support and expertise of the Eclosia Group and Clear Reef, Oceanarium has the vision of becoming an accessible, evolving, and vibrant hub for awakening public awareness on the importance of aquatic ecosystems for sustainable life on our planet and for rallying increasing resources around conservation initiatives.

This IPO is a natural step in the growth and development of Velogic. To date, Velogic has 35 offices in several countries, namely France, India, Madagascar, Singapore, Kenya and Mauritius.

Joining SEMSI constitutes a defining milestone in the life cycle of ENL. SEM congratulates ENL’s Board and Management for making sustainability a cornerstone of the new strategic orientation of ENL Limited, as it also adds a massive Rs 8+ billion to the Index.

SEM's Listing Event marked the listing on the Official Market, of the Forty Two Point Two (FTPT) MUR 5 Billion Multicurrency Medium Term Note Programme.

SEM's Listing Event marked the landmark double-event on 16th August, concerning the migration of Ascencia from the DEM to the Main Board, and the inclusion of the company in the SEM sustainability index, SEMSI.

ASEA signed a contract to procure an order-routing system in the context of the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP). Seven of Africa’s leading securities Exchanges including the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM), are working together on AELP to boost pan-African investment flows and bring more liquidity to African markets.

The "Contract Award Notice" is attached herewith, in the context of SEM's Capacity Building Project for the supply and installation of SEM’s Automated Trading System with related cost of licensing and maintenance.

SEM's Listing Executive Committee has approved the listing by way of Private Placement of up to MUR 2 Billion Notes to be issued under the MUR 10 Billion Multi-Currency Note Programme of MCB Group Ltd. The first day of trading is scheduled for 30 June 2021.

The clarifications requested (dated and pdf-attached herewith) are in connection with the Specific Procurement Notice (SPN), for the supply and installation of SEM’s Automated Trading System with related cost of licensing and maintenance.

This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for the supply and installation of SEM’s Automated Trading System with related cost of licensing and maintenance, that appeared in UNDB online P-MU-H00-004 of 30 Nov 2020 on-line as well as on the websites of SEM and ADB.

Launched in 2015, SEMSI provides a robust measure of listed companies on the SEM, against a set of internationally aligned and locally relevant environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. SEMSI's eligibility criteria, based on GRI G4 Guidelines, are aligned with international ESG and sustainability issues, while also taking local imperatives into account.

The listing by way of Private Placement of CIM Financial Services Ltd MUR 3 Billion Multicurrency Medium Term Note Programme, will take place on SEM’s Official Market on 30 October 2020.

SEM welcomes the landmark listing of Premium Tobacco Holdings' USD 20 million Fixed Rate Secured Notes, under a USD 100 Million Multi-currency Note Program. This adds a new dimension to SEM’s internationalisation strategy, and confirms SEM’s attractiveness as a listing and capital-raising platform for international issuers.

SEM adds a new strategic dimension to its innovative thrust, by opening up to ICSD's (Euroclear and Clearstream). This specifically applies to Debt Securities, ETF's, ETN's, Eurobonds and Structured Products, allowing foreign investors owning such securities listed on SEM, to request an ‘XS’ ISIN from an ICSD, and transfer such securities directly via the ICSD to other investors.

SEM welcomes TDB’s initiative to list the first Eurobond on its platform on 4th July 2019. This landmark listing adds a new dimension to SEM’s internationalisation strategy, and confirms the SEM’s attractiveness as a listing platform for African issuers.

Loreto College Mahebourg won the 1st Prize of Rs 200,000 sponsored by MCB Group and the Prize of Rs 15,000 for the Best Report, sponsored by CFA. 

In joining the SEM Sustainability Index (SEMSI), the SBM Group has clearly signified its intent to be at the forefront of the sustainability agenda and strive for an environment-friendly world.

The launching of SEM's new website on 28 Feb 2019 complements the initiative to digitalise SEM's services following that of mySEM mobile app in 2018. In addition to the new look and feel, this portal retains the key features of the previous one, and introduces new content and modern interactive investor services.

CEO Magazine interviews Sunil Benimadhu, Chief Executive of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM)

ENL Limited, ENL Land, ENL Commercial, ENL Finance and La Sablonniere merged into a single company in 2019, renamed ENL Limited, and which was listed on the SEM on 23 Jan. 2019

The first-of-its-kind South African international issuer already primarily listed on JSE and now listed in USD on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM)

The Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) launches on 19th October 2018, the Africa Board which showcases listed issuers and products on SEM that have an Africa-centric orientation

This listing confirms the attractiveness of SEM as a multi-currency (USD,EURO,GBP,ZAR,MUR) capital-raising, listing and trading platform for African issuers