International Investor Awards Winners 2023

In this issue we are celebrating women leaders. Women who have overcome the constraints and difficulties that these industries posed them. Amongst our award winners there are some exceptional women leaders and we want to recognise their roles and achievements.

The awards are open to any business, large, mid-size or small, established or start-up, provided they display first rate service, opportunity, innovation and performance. The following pages celebrate organisations that drive forward the world of international business and investment.

ACTIV TRADES Best Forex Broker // 2023 Safest Forex Broker // 2023

ActivTrades is an award-winning, multiasset global forex broker founded in 2001, offering a wide range of financial products including over 1000 CFD and Spread Betting instruments across Forex, Indices, Shares, Commodities, Financials, and ETFs.

Headquartered in the heart of London together with offices in Milan, Nassau, Sofia, Luxembourg, Lisboa, and Florianópolis, the company delivers exceptional trading conditions and outstanding support to its loyal customers in more than 140 countries.

The brokerage offers the world’s most popular trading platform: MetaTrader, enhanced with Smart Tools developed exclusively for our customers as well as its own ActivTrader – an intuitive and fully-featured platform designed for all levels of trading experience and available on desktop, smartphone, and tablet.

ActivTrades is regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), and Securities Commission of The Bahamas (SCB).

ALPHA GLOBAL WEALTH Best Financial Advisory Firm // Switzerland // 2023

Alpha Global Wealth develops wealth planning services that offer real added value to private clients, while providing guidance on a global approach to wealth management.

They provide a dedicated service geared towards private clients who want to optimise tax planning in a legitimate way, see their wealth grow, and pass it safely on to future generations.

AVATRADE Most Trusted Broker // 2023

AvaTrade is an award-winning online broker offering users the opportunity to trade Commodities, Stocks, Indices, Cryptocurrencies and more. The company is regulated across seven jurisdictions with a global clientele in over 150 countries. Since 2006 AvaTrade has expanded enormously, with over 300,000 registered customers globally, executing more than two million trades a month.

The company’s total trading volumes now surpasses $70 billion per month. AvaTrade’s user-oriented perspective, combined with solid financial backing, is unique to the field of online trading. From 24-hour multilingual support desks to a broad range of platforms and services, AvaTrade has successfully created the optimal trading environment for every level of trader in addition to the full spectrum of trading instruments covering Forex trading, stocks, commodities, cryptocurrencies and indices.

BAC CREDOMATIC Best ESG Initiatives // LATAM // 2023 Best Banking Group // LATAM // 2023

BAC is an organization with more than 70 years of experience that offers financial solutions to more than 4.4 million clients throughout the Central American region, who in turn are served thanks to the contribution and commitment of more than 19,500 employees.

BAC’s purpose is “Reimagining banking to generate prosperity in the communities it serves.” Additionally, BAC launched its new strategy in 2022 with the aspiration of becoming the first Financial Group to be Net Positive, this means that it will create more positive economic, environmental and social value than the footprints it produces by operating in the six countries of the Central American region.

BAC also defined that it will also be a bank that offers financial solutions of triple positive value and focused on life (of people and the planet). This means that with the same excellence and rigor that works to maximize economic value, it will also maximize and share social and environmental value with all its stakeholders.

The company began its operations in 1952 with the creation of the Bank of Central America in Nicaragua. Gradually it opened operations in each of the countries, until in the 1990s it became the first Financial Group with a presence in all Central America.

BAHAMAS FINANCIAL SERVICES BOARD Best Regional Financial Center // 2023

The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB), launched in April 1998, represents an innovative commitment by the financial services industry and the Government of The Bahamas to promote a greater awareness of The Bahamas’ strengths as an international financial centre.

The Board is a multidisciplinary body that embraces active contribution from individuals within government, banking, trust and investment advisory services, insurance and investment fund administration as well as interested legal, accounting and management professionals.

BANQUE MISR Best SME Business Bank // Egypt // 2023

Best Customer Reward Program & Customer Service // Egypt // 2023 Bank of the Year // Egypt // 2023

Banque Misr (BM) was established in 1920 by the pioneer economist and financial expert Mohamed Talaat Harb Pasha, who spearheaded the concept of investing in national savings and directing them toward economic and social development. Thus, Banque Misr was established as the first wholly Egyptian-owned bank.

Banque Misr has funded many businesses spanning across multiple domestic sectors, such as: textiles, insurance, transportation, aviation, entertainment, and filmmaking. Currently, BM owns shares in 157 companies across different fields, ranging from finance, tourism, housing, agriculture and food, and communication and information technology. Banque Misr has also established major investment funds in Egypt, as part of a diversified portfolio.

Bmce Capital

Best Investment Bank // Morocco // 2023

BMCE Capital is the Investment Banking division of BANK OF AFRICA - BMCE Group, a Moroccan banking institution with a worldwide dimension. As a pan-African investment bank, BMCE Capital intends to play a leading role in the development of the continent’s financial markets.

Since its creation in 1998, BMCE Capital offers a wide range of financial solutions for institutional, corporate, and individual clients, notably in Capital Markets, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Corporate Finance, Brokerage, Securities Services, Private Equity, Real Estate and Global Research.

Based in Casablanca, a real hub of exchange between Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, BMCE Capital is also present in Tunisia through its subsidiary - BMCE Capital Tunisie - and in West Africa through its subsidiaryBOA Capital -. The investment bank benefits from the network of its parent company, BANK OF AFRICA - BMCE Group, in Africa and around the world.

Capital Trust

Best Investment Group // Morocco // 2023

CAPITAL TRUST is an independent investment bank, offering a range of integrated financial services ranging from market activities to advisory and investment activities (mergers and acquisitions, structured finance and public-private partnerships).

Dlm Capital Group

Best Development Investment Bank // 2023

Best

Comprehensive Investment Firm // 2023

DLM Capital Group is a diversified financial institution, with eight subsidiaries offering services that combine attributes of origination: (raising capital & advisory), trustees, securities, nominees, corporate lending, foreign exchange sales and trading, and digital banking.

Executives In Africa

Best African Region Executive Recruitment Firm // 2023

Most innovative Executive Recruitment Firm // 2023

Executives in Africa is an Executive Search firm that believes it can have a positive and lasting impact on Africa by finding the right leaders for executive and senior management level appointments in Africa. Our extensive international and pan-African networks, combined with the understanding of recruiting into local markets in Africa, gives Executives in Africa an unrivalled ability to access and assess talent effectively.

By investing time, and by undertaking full due diligence of the market, we have supported over 800 businesses across 42 countries on the continent to hire the BEST available leader to meet the specific needs of their business. Our appointed leaders thrive because they have been evidentially assessed to ensure they can technically deliver what is needed and also that they ‘fit’ the behavioural requirements for success. Our track record of success over the last 13 years is testament to our ability to deliver on even the most challenging of Searches.

Forex4you

Best Forex Broker // Asia // 2023

Forex4you was born out of our vision to create accessible and transparent trading for traders globally. Launched in 2007 by E-Global Trade & Finance Group, Inc. Forex4you is an online trading platform for the trading of more than 150 instruments using e-payment systems. Following that, with the advent of social trading, Share4you was launched in 2013.

Share4you is a copy trading service designed to democratise trading knowledge and performance. It enables users to copy the trades of experienced traders and learn from their trading strategies. For over a decade, we have grown from strength to strength. We have empowered more than 2 million trading accounts worldwide. To better serve our international clients and partners, our 24/7 customer service team is multilingual and stands ready to help.

Gulf Insurance Group

Best Insurance Group // MENA // 2023

Decade of Excellence // 2013-2023

Gulf Insurance Group K.S.C.P (GIG) was established in 1962. It is a public shareholding company listed on the Boursa Kuwait (Kuwait Stock Exchange) and a consistent market leader in Kuwait in terms of premiums written with operations in life and non-life as well as Takaful insurance.

Intercorp Group

International Tax Advisory Firm of the Year // 2023

Consultancy Firm of the Year // 2023

Intercorp Group is an international consulting firm that serves high-net-worth entrepreneurs and their families. We pride ourselves on finding professional solutions to often very personal issues, from migration and succession planning, through to finding the right property and a good school.

LAMIA BOUTALEB Women In Finance - CEO Of The Year Morocco // 2023

Lamia Boutaleb is the co-founder and CEO of Capital Trust, an investment banking group in Morocco with capital markets, advisory, asset management and real estate activities.

MASRAF AL RAYAN BANK Best Islamic Bank // Qatar // 2023 ESG Bank of the year // Qatar // 2023

Masraf Al Rayan is one of the world’s largest fully-fledged Shari’a-compliant banks established in Qatar, with operations spanning across Qatar, the United Kingdom, France, and United Arab Emirates, with assets exceeding QAR 164 billion (US$ 45 billion). It offers a comprehensive range of products and services through its various business lines including Corporate Banking & SME, Retail & Private Banking, Treasury & Financial Institutions and Asset Management & Financial Advisory in conformity with Shari’a principles and supervised by the Shari’a Supervisory Board. As a sustainably conscious organization, the bank has launched Qatar’s first Shari’acompliant Green Deposit and Islamic Sustainable Finance framework. Masraf Al Rayan’s footprint in Qatar includes 16 branches and 112 ATMs located throughout Qatar’s major cities, including malls, traditional souqs, and business districts. Additionally, it offers 24/7 banking services via its state of the art digital channels web and mobile banking.

SONNIE AYERE Lifetime Achievement Finance // 2023

Sonnie Babatunde Ayere – born 25 September 1966, is a trained financial economist, investment banker and entrepreneur. He is the Founder and Group Managing Director of DLM Capital Group Limited, a Developmental Investment & Lending Bank.

The institution was founded in 2009.

DR. TANYA MCCARTNEY CEO of the Year Bahamas // 2023

Dr Tanya McCartney is the CEO of Bahamas Financial Services Board currently plays a critical role in facilitating collaboration between the private sector and policy makers in The Bahamas with respect to all the global regulatory initiatives impacting the financial services sector.

PANTHERA Best Financial Service Provider // Europe // 2023

Panthera Solutions is a behavioural design company based in the Principality. Our solutions are targeted directly for asset managers/owners. Through our two SaaS platforms (Skill Management and Smart Decision Management) we have created a radical new approach to rational investment decision-making & uncertainty management. We understand the influence and importance of balancing Human with Artificial Intelligence. An environment that incorporates both, while allowing investors to fulfil their potential individually, as well as part of a team is crucial for market success.

We firmly believe that people with passion can change the world for the better. By creating a specific ‘’athlete’’ mindset, we allow an investor to maximise flow states and stay focused on evidence-based decisions. Our unique, award-winning solutions are driven by creative innovation and a constant strive for perfection in every detail. It is a simple logic for a simple idea: uncompromising quality for every investor.

Over the years, a diverse range of asset managers and asset owners across different cultures, sizes and levels of sophistication trusted our service. Clients of our coaching, consulting and behaviour-tech solutions aggregate to more than €100 billion in assets under consultancy since inception.

Vault Markets

Best Broker // Africa // 2023

Most Innovative Broker // Africa // 2023 www.vaultmarkets.trade

Vault Markets team is made up of experienced and passionate International traders from within the Forex industry. Strategically combining their expertise to focus on developing and empowering African Forex markets to compete at a global scale. We’ve got over 40 years of combined experience in our Vault, which we are sharing with our valued Brokers and clients, to support their success and the prosperity of Africa as a whole.

Vault Markets is a South African-based licenced and regulated broker which aims to give you a better trading experience by allowing you to customise your account type to your trading style – less of what you don’t need, and more of what you do!

[Disclaimer: Vaultmarkets (Pty) Ltd. is a product of 1st Fintech Capital (Pty) Ltd, South Africa, with company number 2020/936466/07.]

Wpu

Most Innovative Plastic Waste Conversion Firm // 2022-2023

WPU - Waste Plastic Upcycling A/S (WPU. OL) WPU - Waste Plastic Upcycling A/S is a danish company which converts plastic waste into valuable products to be used in the production of sustainable plastic oil, which can be used to produce new plastics as well as jet fuel and heavy transportation. The strategy and main goal of WPU - Waste Plastic Upcycling A/S is to upcycle end-of-life plastic waste by using its batch pyrolysis technology. The company aims for further expansion, in the European market as well as globally.

WPU is well positioned for this expansion with its proven technology that is peer-leading in respect of low CAPEX, high yield and fast pace construction which will set the future standards in the growing market for plastic pyrolysis within the waste plastic industry.