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Investment Banking  
  Integrated business focused on local client delivery with international access  
         
  Scope of activities  
     
  We engage in a range of investment banking activities and position ourselves as an integrated business focused on local client delivery with international access. We target clients seeking a highly customised service which we offer through a combination of domestic depth and expertise within each geography and a client centric approach.  
     
 
Activities - Corporate Finance
- Institutional Research, Sales and Trading
- Direct Investments
- Private Equity
Target market - Listed and unlisted companies
- Fund managers
- Government
  - Parastatals
 
     
  Strategic focus  
     
  Mission: To be an integrated entrepreneurial investment banking business.  
     
  Our primary objectives are to secure our current positionings and to continue building our operations, with a strong focus on generating a higher level of core sustainable earnings.  
     
  UK and Europe  
     
  Our strategic objectives are to:  
 
Become a pre-eminent full service mid-market investment bank.
Leverage our highly rated product and service offering internationally, specifically in the US and Europe.
Increase the use of capital to reinforce our mid-market offering.
 
     
  South Africa  
     
  Corporate Finance  
     
  Our strategy is to:  
 
Take advantage of our leading position in the South African market.
Focus on servicing existing clients and undertaking new client initiatives.
Identify appropriate investment banking transactions, mergers and acquisitions and IPO opportunities.
Continue with our strategy relating to black economic empowerment.
Improve cross-border activity.
 
     
  Institutional Research, Sales and Trading  
     
  Our strategic objectives are to:  
 
Be the top rated South African specialist broker as determined by our target client base.
Ensure appropriate research coverage to underpin our South African distinctiveness.
Further leverage our research product into the UK and US and selectively target key European clients.
Entrench our position as a leading prime broking player in the South African market.
Continue to diversify the income stream through related product offerings.
 
     
  Direct Investments and Private Equity  
     
  Our strategy is to:  
 
Focus on quality, not quantity of investments, in selected industries.
Identify and pursue transactions with the potential for significant value unlocking in the short to medium term.
Target platform investments that can be grown significantly through the implementation of an agreed strategy operating in industries that will benefit strongly from economic growth in South Africa.
Co-invest with experienced executives and non-executives with a proven track record, strategic investors and empowerment partnerships built on trust.
Concentrate on opportunities with BEE platform investee companies.
 
     
  Australia  
     
  Our objectives are to:  
 
Build an integrated business model of advisory, private equity and direct investments, to maximise market opportunities.
Continue to focus on global collaboration to enhance cross-border activity.
Maintain a disciplined approach to Private Equity and Direct Investment activities.
 
     
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