BG651 Investec Private Bank
Taxco Business Guide
Banking and Investments
Introduction
Investec is a distinctive specialist bank and asset manager
They provide a diverse range of financial products and services to a niche client base in three principal markets, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia, as well as certain other geographies.
Investec is organised as a network comprising six business divisions:
- Asset Management
- Wealth and Investment
- Property Activities
- Private Banking
- Investment Banking
- Capital Markets
Investec’s strategic goals are motivated by the desire to develop an efficient and integrated business on an international scale through the active pursuit of clearly established core competencies in the group’s principal business areas.
The group employs approximately 6587 people world-wide
The group’s philosophy has been to build well-defined, value-added businesses focusing on serving the needs of select market niches where the group can compete effectively.
In July 2002 Investec became the first South African group to list in London and Johannesburg by implementing a Dual Listed Companies (DLC) structure. The London listing benefits the group by increasing its global profile, enhancing its capital raising ability and improving access to international capital markets.
Mission, Values and Philosophies
Mission
"We strive to be a distinctive specialist bank and asset manager driven by commitment to our core philosophies and values."
Values
“We strive to be a distinctive specialist bank and asset manager driven by commitment to our core philosophies and values.”
Distinctive performance
- Outstanding talent – Empowered enabled and inspired
- Meritocracy
- Passion, energy, stamina, tenacity
- Entrepreneurial spirit
Dedicated Partnerships
- Respect for others
- Embrace diversity
- Open and honest dialog
- Unselfish contribution to colleagues and society
Client focus
- Distinctive offering
- Leverage resources
- Break china for the client
Cast-iron integrity
- Moral Strength
- Risk consciousness
- Highest ethical standards
Philosophies
- Single organisation
- Meritocracy
- Focused businesses
- Differentiated, yet integrated
- Material employee ownership
Creating an environment that stimulates extraordinary performance.
Our Business Responsibility
The 3P’s of Our Business Responsibility
Our Business Responsibility, our chosen terminology for sustainability, embodies the principal dimensions of the group’s triple bottom line approach and, in broad terms, encompasses the three P’s – Profit, People, Planet.
In pursuit of sustainable profits we seek to be a positive influence in all our business activities
Our Business Responsibility is an integral part of who we are, our culture and values, and how we go about doing things. Designed to evolve over time, driven by circumstance and consideration, our journey remains ongoing.
As a distinctive specialist banking and asset manager group, driven by commitment to our philosophies and values, our purpose is to create sustained long-term wealth, and to finance and foster entrepreneurs.
Beyond that, our principal OBR endeavours revolve around the following philosophy:
In pursuit of sustainable profits we seek to be a positive influence in all our business activities, in each of the societies in which we operate. We do this by empowering communities through entrepreneurship and education, leveraging the value in our diversity, and addressing climate change and our use of natural resources.
Our OBR philosophy seeks to align the interests of shareholders and stakeholders over time, and provides the individual business units and regions with a basis from which to determine their own approach.
The group’s philosophy is not intended to be mutually exclusive, nor exhaustive, but allows us to concentrate, for now, on key focus areas.
Deliberately not driven on a top-down basis, the centre maintains responsibility for oversight, direction, coordination and integration of our OBR efforts while the individual business units provide the principal drivers behind our activities, in a manner that best makes sense to each.
Corporate Structure
Dual Listed Companies Structure
In November 2001, Investec received permission from the Minister of Finance and the South African Reserve Bank to establish a DLC structure with linked companies listed in London and Johannesburg.
Cash Investments and Banking Services
“The greatest compliments are clients’ actions, not their words. This is clear when they bring you more business and send you more referrals.”
Cash Investments
Creative and flexible cash investment products to ensure capital preservation, security and maximum income returns.
Transactional Banking
A Private Bank Account that combines a current and credit account, convenient online access to a prime-linked savings account and a flexible credit facility.
Foreign Exchange
Buy or sell foreign currency, including traveller's cheques, cash and telegraphic transfers, with maximum convenience and cost-effectiveness.
Corporate Cash Manager
Use the Investec Corporate Cash Manager to manage third-party funds, and enjoy enhanced returns for you and your client
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