- CEO
- Fani Titi
- Full Time Employees
- 7,700
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Diversified
- Address
- 100 Grayston Drive Sandton South Africa 2196
- IPO Date
- Jul 27, 2010
- Business
- Investec Group Investec Limited (ITCFY) is an international specialist bank and wealth manager that provides a comprehensive range of financial products and services, including corporate and investment banking such as mergers and acquisitions advisory, equity capital markets, structured finance, corporate broking, and equity research; private banking offerings encompassing bespoke lending, portfolio loans, property finance, savings products like Investec Save, foreign exchange, transactional banking, and life assurance; specialist banking solutions featuring business lending, asset finance, real estate finance, aviation finance, energy and infrastructure financing, working capital facilities, and treasury services; wealth and investment management through strategic partners including discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and fiduciary services for high-net-worth individuals, families, corporations, institutions, governments, and private equity clients; and risk management products such as foreign exchange hedging, interest rate and inflation hedging, and commodities exposure minimization.
The company operates primarily in two anchor geographies, South Africa and the United Kingdom, with additional presence in the United States, Ireland, the Channel Islands, Mauritius, India, Continental Europe, Australia, Switzerland, and the Middle East including a new Dubai International Financial Centre office launched in 2024 to serve South African and UK expatriates with private banking, wealth management, and corporate advisory services.
Founded in 1974 in Johannesburg, South Africa, as a small leasing and financing company by Larry Nestadt, Errol Grolman, and Ian Kantor, Investec Group is headquartered in Sandton, South Africa, with key operations also based in London, United Kingdom, and maintains a dual-listed structure on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange.
In recent developments within the last 1-2 years, Investec Group sold its share plan software platform from Investec Wealth & Investment International to Optio Incentives in June 2025, enabling focus on core banking and wealth management activities; expanded its international advisory business into Switzerland in September 2025, where its M&A team completed 34 European transactions worth €11.5 billion in the first half of 2025; advised Rosebank Industries plc on a £1.14 billion fundraise and $1.9 billion acquisition of Electrical Components International in June 2025; and launched operations in the Dubai International Financial Centre to target wealthy expatriate communities.