The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa’s largest stock exchange, announced the launch of its new order routing service, JSE-FIX, in collaboration with Rapid Addition, a leader in providing electronic trading and connectivity solutions. This service aims to reduce the cost of sending orders by providing market participants with a scalable solution, that is vendor, venue and asset class agnostic.

“The JSE is committed to pursuing innovative and cost-effective solutions that create an enabling environment for market participants. The launch of JSE-FIX demonstrates our dedication to being the centre of innovation for financial markets on the African continent through collaboration with leading financial technology companies such as Rapid Addition,” said Valdene Reddy, Director Capital Markets at the JSE.

The JSE will utilise Rapid Addition’s order routing technology for this new service, providing vendor-neutral, efficient counterparty connectivity for domestic and international asset managers. JSE member firms will be able to both receive orders and send trade confirmations electronically across different asset classes listed on the exchange while integrating seamlessly with their execution management processes.

JSE-FIX is an important addition to JSE’s existing expansive suite of products and services. In 2023, the exchange introduced its low-latency Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) colocation service, Colo 2.0, an extension of the bourse’s colocation offering that enables faster access to all its markets.

“The JSE-FIX collaboration reflects our shared vision with the JSE to reduce the cost and complexity of trading by delivering open, scalable technology solutions that enable capital markets,” said Mike Powell, CEO of Rapid Addition. “We look forward to working with the JSE to deliver JSE-FIX and building on our existing relationships with customers in the region.”

Source: JSE