Investec

AUM: $47 billion

Investec is an international specialist banking and asset management group. It provides a range of financial products and services to a client base in three principal markets: the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia. Investec is dual listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Investec is a FTSE 250 company

Investec was founded as a small leasing and financing company in 1974 in Johannesburg by Larry Nestadt, Errol Grolman and Ian Kantor. It has expanded through a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions. It secured a banking licence in 1980 and was first listed on the JSE Securities Exchange in South Africa in 1986, after merging with Metboard, a trust company. In 1988, Investec Bank Limited was restructured into Investec Group Limited (“IGL”), giving Investec Management and staff control of the company.

Areas of interest:

Equities: Global Regional Emerging

Fixed income: Developed Emerging Multi-Strategy Credit

Multi Assets: global, regional, and emerging market multi-asset solutions seeking both growth and income

Alternative : commodities and resource equities, private equity and private debt