Issuers
Reconnecting with individual investors
Companies in need of additional capital, can list their shares on any of South Africa's stock exchanges. However, these companies have encountered growing challenges in reaching individual and other smaller investors, since many stockbrokers have changed the way they do business.
Individual investors are no longer presented with opportunities to participate in initial public offerings (IPOs), private placings or bookbuilds. As a result, companies find it harder to include a diversity of investors.
We believe in the value of an open and inclusive equity market – where more market participants, both companies and investors, can participate. And we can connect you, the company, to thousands of potential investors.
What we do for you?
Open equity markets benefit everyone – particularly companies.
As companies raise primary capital, to fuel new enterprises or grow existing ones, direct access to individual and other non-institutional investors is important. Utshalo provides a direct-to-retail primary capital raising service for companies, irrespective of their size.
Utshalo will also facilitate bookbuilds where blocks of shares can be placed in the hands of diverse smaller investors, broadening a company's investor base and contributing to improved liquidity and price discovery.
What matters is your commitment, as a company, to play your role in democratising South Africa's capital markets by growing participation – much of which sits with the individual investors Utshalo can reach.
Note – Utshalo does not provide financial advice. The Utshalo service is paid for by the issuer and is offered at no cost to the investor.