The JSE acts as the Listings Authority and is licensed as an exchange in terms of the Financial Markets Act, 19 of 2012 (FMA). The JSE’s regulatory duties, powers and functions are narrowly circumscribed by the peremptory provisions of the FMA.  In accordance with the FMA, the JSE is obliged to make listings requirements and enforce them. The JSE advocates for the enhancement of corporate governance and the quality of financial reporting disclosures by companies (i) that have issued equity securities listed on the JSE and (ii) that have their debt securities listed on the JSE, for the benefit of shareholders, securities holders, investors, and other market stakeholders.

It is an integral function of the JSE to provide facilities for the listing of securities (including securities and debt securities issued by domestic or foreign companies), to provide the JSE’s users with an orderly market place for trading in such securities and to regulate the market accordingly.