NEWS & OPINION
30 April 2019
Africa Structured Products and Derivatives Awards 2019 Investec picks up four awards
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nvestec excelled at the annual Africa Structured Products & Alternative Investments Conference 2019 – hosted by Structured Retail Products (SRP), the online resource for the global structured products community – picking up four accolades. Investec beat off a number of major local and global houses in collecting awards for the Best Distributor (South Africa and Offshore), Best Performance and Deal of the Year – the Offshore Protected Share – Asia Pacific Basket. The presentation took place last month at a gala event in Cape Town, attended by leading South African and global banks, exchanges, law firms, technology providers and other financial markets service providers. The awards recognise the best performing structured products manufacturers, distributors and service providers in the market, as voted by the industry. Brian McMillan from Investec Structured Products says the
WE SEE CONSIDERABLE SCOPE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRUCTURED PRODUCT SPACE
awards are an affirmation of the work Investec has done to establish structured products as an indispensable tool in realising specific investment strategies. “Investors are increasingly seeing the benefit of structured products in providing certainty of outcomes – with attractive pay-out profiles and protection – in uncertain, volatile times. The success of our numerous structures over the years attests to this.” Structured products provide a pre-defined risk-and-return profile with returns linked to one or more underlying assets or indices, across currencies and geographies. Investec has launched 21 structured products in the past 12 months, six of which were offshore and 15 were rand-denominated local investments. “We see considerable scope for the development of the structured product space, as part of a balanced portfolio. This includes retirement vehicles like retirement annuities, preservation funds and living annuities. We have already done a great deal of work in tailoring investments to comply with Regulation 28 of the Pension Fund Act and we see this as a growth area in the future,” says Japie Lubbe, Consultant at Investec. Investec Structured Products is an offering from Investec for Intermediaries, which is focused on providing a holistic value proposition for financial intermediaries, helping them save, invest and trade on behalf of their clients. The offering brings together dedicated relationships, an integrated digital platform and client-focused solutions under a single Specialist Bank.
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Left to Right: Japie Lubbe, Carlo Accolla, Brian McMillan, Sonia Lynch and Barbara Davies of Investec
Wealthport receives two awards
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ealthport, a wealth and For the Best Technology Platform, investment management key criteria examined comprised of platform in South Africa, pricing capacity, risk model capacity, has won two accolades at the Africa user interface and integration. Structured Products and Derivatives “These awards support our focus Awards 2019, within the Service to provide leadership and technical Provider Awards category: Best Linked innovation within the investment space. Investment Service Provider (LISP) Our team of experts are passionate platform, and Best Technology Platform. about offering new solutions and This is the second time improved technology Wealthport has achieved platforms, which we know THESE these accolades. will positively impact Eugene Maree, founder the investment sector for AWARDS and group CEO at current and future needs. SUPPORT Wealthport, says, “We My gratitude must also be are absolutely thrilled extended to our full team OUR FOCUS and proud to once again TO PROVIDE for their dedication to be recognised by SRP excellence, which I have no LEADERSHIP doubt played a massive role Africa. We believe that this acknowledgement in this achievement. AND comes off the back of “We are a business TECHNICAL continual hard work who strongly believes INNOVATION in the power of a simple and our commitment to re-shaping the traditional WITHIN THE proposition – without investment model.” the clutter of complicated INVESTMENT business rules and The Awards, which SPACE form a crucial part of the seemingly endless choices. SRP Africa Conference, are Instilling such a belief considered to be the most prestigious holds us accountable to ensuring that honour within the industry, aimed at we focus on what really matters when acknowledging best buy-side firms, it comes to investment products – along with classifying service providers to provide only the highest quality who are active in the structured solutions and support to our clients products and derivatives market. and advisors. For us, these awards Key criteria for the Best LISP Platform reinforce this, our business model, and award include technology innovation, encourages us to keep this focus for post-trade service, breadth of coverage future business growth and success in and user interface. the investment sector,” says Maree.
