Stated briefly, the assets of the banking sector have increased substantially; from a nominal value of R281 billion on average, between 1990 and 1994 to an average of R2 100 billion on average between 2005 and 2007.
The average market capitalisation of the bond market has increased, in nominal terms, from an average of R374 billion between 1995 and 1999 to an average of R860 billion between 2005 and 2007.