33-675: Koo or KOO may refer to: Kōō (1389–1390), a Japanese era KOO , a South African food brand Koo (social network) , an Indian microblogging and social networking service Koo Koo , a 1981 Debbie Harry album People [ edit ] Koo Chen-fu (1917–2005), Taiwanese businessman and diplomat Koo Chung , Korean-American singer-songwriter Koo Dae-Sung (born 1969), South Korean baseball player Koo Hsien-jung (1866–1937), Taiwanese businessman and politician Koo Ki-Lan (born 1977), South Korean volleyball player Koo Kien Keat (born 1985), Malaysian badminton player Koo-Koo
66-688: A controlling stake in a number of food processing businesses in Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia , and Cameroon. This included a R1.5 billion purchase of 65.7% in Dangote Flour Mills in October 2012, Nigeria's second largest milling operation. This and other investments in Africa proved to be costly and unproductive. Over capacity in the Nigerian market led to an operating loss of R2.7 billion by
99-446: A protagonist in the anime series Shinbi's Haunted House [ simple ] Doori Koo, a protagonist in the anime series Shinbi's Haunted House [ simple ] See also [ edit ] Koo-Vee , a Finnish ice hockey team based at Tampere Koo-Vee (ice hockey) , a Finnish ice hockey team based at Tampere All pages with titles containing Koo Tai Koo (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
132-414: Is South Africa's largest food company. Jacob Frankel with help from Joffe Marks founded Tiger Oats Limited in 1921. Tiger Brands Limited was formerly known as Tiger Oats Limited and began as a family business. Originally known as Tiger Oats, Tiger Brand's first product was a breakfast oatmeal brand called Jungle Oats. Jungle Oats are still produced by the brand. It was first conceived by Frankel towards
165-480: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages KOO Tiger Brands Limited ( JSE : TBS ) is a South African packaged goods company. In addition to the company's South African operations, Tiger Brands has direct and indirect interests in international food businesses in Chile , Zimbabwe , Mozambique , Nigeria , Kenya , Lesotho and Cameroon . Tiger Brands
198-753: The JSE Securities Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ) is the largest stock exchange in Africa . It is located in Sandton , Johannesburg , South Africa , after it moved from downtown Johannesburg in 2000. In 2003 the JSE had an estimated 473 listed companies and a market capitalisation of US$ 182.6 billion (€158 billion), as well as an average monthly traded value of US$ 6.399 billion (€5.5 billion). As of March 2022,
231-548: The market capitalisation of the JSE was at US$ 2.35 trillion. The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 led to many mining and financial companies opening and a need soon arose for a stock exchange. The first share transactions on the Rand took place in a rustic canvas tent, with trade taking place on Sundays, as this was the only day when mining was not allowed, owing to a strictly enforced regulation prohibiting
264-996: The Bird Girl , who suffered from Virchow-Seckel syndrome Koo Stark (born 1956), American film actress and photographer Koo Hye-sun , a South Korean actress and singer Chung Mong Koo , South Korean business magnate Dae-Sung Koo , Korean baseball pitcher Duk Koo Kim , South Korean boxer Jeffrey Koo Sr. (born 1933), Taiwanese banker Joseph Koo , MBE, SBS, (born 1933,), Hong Kong composer Josephine Koo (Chinese: 顧美華), Chinese actress Jung Koo Chang (born 1963), South Korean boxer Kaija Koo (born 1962), Finnish singer Linda Koo (born 1954), Hong Kong epidemiologist Louis Koo , Hong Kong actor Koo Sze-yiu , Hong Kong activists Nathan Koo-Boothe (born 1985), Jamaican international footballer Ngeh Koo Ham (born 1961), Malaysian politician Wellington Koo , Chinese diplomat Younghoe Koo , American football player Fictionals [ edit ] Hari Koo,
297-646: The JSE became a founding member of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative on the eve of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) . On 14 April 2014, the JSE re-branded to demonstrates the bourse's identity as a modern African marketplace that connects investors to growth opportunities not only in South Africa but globally. In May 2022, the JSE became
330-680: The JSE become an active member of the African Stock Exchanges Association. After 108 years, the open outcry system of trading was changed to an electronic system on 7 June 1996. In September 2000, the Johannesburg Securities Exchange moved to its present location in Sandton, Gauteng at the corner of Maude Street and Gwen Lane. It adopted the JSE Securities Exchange as its new official name. In 2001 an agreement
363-564: The South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases and announced by the Minister of Health . The outbreak caused the deaths of 164 people and infected a further 872 people by 24 February 2018. By 5 March 2018 a total of 180 people were thought to have died from the outbreak. Tiger Brands stated that they had been presented with no evidence of their facility being the cause of the outbreak. Following
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#1732779881311396-602: The announcement by the Minister of Health the company's stock price dropped by 7% resulting in R5.7bn (US$ 438.69 million) reduction in market capitalisation. In mid-November 2007 Tiger Brands was fined R 98.8 million (roughly equivalent to US$ 12.8 million at the immediate spot exchange rate at the time) by the South African Competition Commission for colluding with other bread producers to raise
429-455: The committee. Policy decisions are made by the committee and carried out by a full-time executive committee headed by the executive president. The JSE is governed by its members but through their use of JSE services and facilities, these members are also customers of the Exchange. Each year the JSE must apply to the Minister of Finance for an operating license which vests external control of
462-624: The end of the 19th century and was finally launched in 1925. Tiger Oat's first mill was opened in Moorreesburg , Western Cape. A second mill was opened in Maitland, Cape Town when demand outgrew the Moorreesburg mill's capacity in 1930. The Moorreesburg mill was abandoned in about 1987. In March 1982 Barlow bought a considerable share of Tiger Oats. In 1988 SPAR South Africa became a wholly owned subsidiary of Tiger Oats, however it
495-471: The entry of African workers to the gold reefs. The Johannesburg Exchange & Chambers Company was established by a London businessman, Benjamin Minors Woollan and housed at the corner of Commissioner and Simmonds Streets. Out of this the JSE was born on 8 November 1887. What immediately gave the JSE a clear advantage over exchanges such as Kimberley, Barberton, and, most importantly, London,
528-903: The exchange in the FSB . The JSE's fully automated (electronic trading) trading system is called the Millennium Exchange, which replaced the JSE TradElect system in 2012, which in turn had replaced the JSE SETS system in April 2007, which had replaced the JSE JET system in May 2002. The change to the Millennium Exchange involved moving the platform from London to a new platform housed in the JSE building in Johannesburg, thus speeding up
561-527: The execution of transactions. The JSE operates an order-driven, central order book trading system with opening, intra-day and closing auctions. In August 1997, the JSE launched the real-time Stock Exchange News Service (Sens) to enhance market transparency and investor confidence. Initially, it was optional for listed companies to use the service during its two-month trial period. From 15 October, augmented JSE listing requirements oblige companies to disseminate any corporate news or price-sensitive information on
594-454: The first exchange to come to market with a new service from provider xyt that would utilize peer group rankings to help trading firms explore market share and examine and view trading interactions and performance. It would be called JSE Trade Explorer. The JSE provides a market where securities can be traded freely under a regulated procedure. It not only channels funds into the economy, but also provides investors with returns on investments in
627-504: The form of dividends. The exchange successfully fulfils its main function—the raising of primary capital—by rechannelling cash resources into productive economic activity, thus building the economy while enhancing job opportunities and wealth creation. The exchange is directed by an honorary committee of 16 people, all with full voting rights. The elected stockbroking members, who cannot number less than eight or more than eleven, may appoint an executive president and five outside members to
660-451: The price of bread by between 30c and 35c per loaf. According to the commission the four companies involved ( Premier Foods , Tiger Brands, Foodcorp and Pioneer Foods ) controlled more than 90 percent of the wheat flour market at the time. Facilitating their pricing activities through secret meetings and telephone calls between employees of these firms at various venues, including churches, stadiums and hotels. The commission also found that
693-548: The price-fixing activities had a negative effect on both consumers as a whole as well as inhibiting smaller bakeries from being effective competitors. The fine reflected 5.7% of Tiger Brand's bread sales, coming mostly from its Albany brand, for the 2006 financial year . Tiger Brands took full responsibility and then CEO Nick Dennis resigned. In May 2008 Tiger Brands agreed to pay a R53.5 million fine for alleged anti-competitive practices in its health care subsidiary Adcock Ingram Critical Care (AICC). AICC executive Arthur Barnett
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759-481: The service prior to using any other media outlet. Sens is carried by all the major wire services . Since its inception over ten years ago, Strate (Pty) Ltd has become the licensed South Africa's Central Securities Depository (CSD) for the electronic settlement of financial instruments in South Africa. Strate's stated core purpose is to mitigate risk, bring efficiencies to South African financial markets and improve its profile as an investment destination. Strate handles
792-718: The settlement of a number of securities, including equities and bonds for the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), as well as a range of derivative products such as warrants, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), retail notes and tracker funds. It has now added the settlement of money market securities to its portfolio of services. It provides services to issuers for their investors in terms of the Companies Act and Securities Services Act (SSA), 2004. JSE's normal trading sessions are from 9:00am to 5:00pm on all weekdays except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by
825-518: The time Tiger sold back the operation to Dangote for a token one US dollar three years later in 2015. Management issues in Tiger's Kenya operations and the collapse of its Mozambican distributor and Deli Foods subsidiary also negatively impacted the company in this period. This led to then CEO Peter Matlare to resign in November 2015 and a reorganisation of its non-South African operations. Noel Doyle
858-481: The trading hall became too small and had to be rebuilt but this too was outgrown. Trading then moved into the street. The Mining Commissioner closed off Simmonds Street between Market Square and Commissioner Street by means of chains. In 1903, a new building was built for the JSE on Hollard Street. It was a storey building that took up an entire whole city block bounded by Fox and Main, Hollard and Sauer Streets. After World War II , it became apparent that this building
891-548: Was again inadequate and in 1947 the decision was made to rebuild the stock exchange. It took 11 years before construction began and in February 1961 the second exchange at Hollard Street was officially opened. By 1963, the JSE became a member of the Federation International Bourses de Valeurs (FIBV). In 1978, the JSE took up residence at 17 Diagonal Street near Kerk Street, Johannesburg . 1993 saw
924-521: Was appointed chief executive officer with effect from 1 February 2020. Pamela Padayachee was appointed acting Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1 February 2020. Tiger Brands was implicated in the world's largest listeriosis outbreak in March 2017 when polony produced at a factory in Polokwane ‚ Limpopo by its subsidiary company, Enterprise Foods, was found to be the source of the outbreak by
957-583: Was struck with the London Stock Exchange enabling cross-dealing between the two bourses and replacing the JSE's trading system with that of the LSE. In 2009 the JSE acquired the Bond Exchange of South Africa for R240 million and rebranded it the JSE debt market adding South African government and corporate bonds as well as interest rate derivatives to its product set. On 18 June 2012,
990-540: Was suspended until the investigation was concluded. In July 2008 Tiger Brands stated that it was going to unbundle its entire Adcock Ingram subsidiary with each Tiger Brands shareholder receiving one share in Adcock Ingram for every Tiger Brands share they owned. Over the years Tiger brands has acquired various subsidiary organisations: Brand (country if not in South Africa , year of acquisition and/or launch) JSE Limited JSE Limited (previously
1023-465: Was that listing of companies for a quotation on the Official List of the JSE was an easy and relatively cheap procedure. This relatively simple and non-restricting nature of the early Exchange promoted a wave of initial registrations on the Official List, with 68 companies by the end of November 1887. The Official List further expanded to more than 300 companies by the end of January 1890. By 1890
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1056-429: Was unbundled and listed as a separate company in 2004. During the late 1990s Tiger Oats went through a period of rapid expansion. It bought out other large companies and competitors such as Imperial Cold Storage and Supply Company , a food packaging company (in October 1998) and pharmaceutical company Adcock Ingram for R 3.4bn in 1999. After the buyouts Tiger Oats was renamed Tiger Brands. In July 2008 Adcock Ingram
1089-475: Was unbundled from Tiger Brands. Tiger Brands Limited's subcompany, Tiger Food Brands Ltd merged with Bromor Foods (Pty) Ltd, which owns the Super Juice carbonated drink. On 1 October 2009, the company acquired Crosse & Blackwell 's mayonnaise business for an undisclosed amount. In 2008 Tiger Brands launched an aggressive expansion program into the rest of Africa. In the process the company bought
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