- CEO
- Fani Titi
- Full Time Employees
- 7,700
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Diversified
- Address
- 100 Grayston Drive Sandton South Africa 2196
- IPO Date
- Jun 23, 2010
- Business
- Investec Group (IVTJF) operates as an Anglo-South African international banking and wealth management group, providing specialist financial products and services to high-net-worth individuals, private companies, private equity firms, institutions and governments primarily in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the United States. Founded in 1974 in Johannesburg, South Africa, with dual headquarters in Sandton, South Africa, and London, United Kingdom, the group employs approximately 8,200 people and functions through a dual-listed companies structure with Investec plc as the holding company for most non-Southern African operations and Investec Limited for Southern African operations. Its core offerings encompass private banking including transactional banking, lending, private capital, savings and foreign exchange; corporate and investment banking featuring specialised lending, advisory, hedging, equity placement, risk management, treasury, trading and leveraged finance; asset finance, working capital solutions, vehicle finance and fund solutions such as capital call facilities and secondary fund leverage; and access to wealth and investment management through its 41%-owned strategic partner Rathbones Group plc, which delivers bespoke portfolio management, financial planning and services for individuals, charities, trusts, professional advisers and financial institutions.
The group maintains banking operations in Ireland, Switzerland, Mauritius, Guernsey, India, Jersey and the United States, while focusing on niche client segments in the corporate mid-market and high-income demographics. In recent developments, Investec Wealth & Investment International sold its share plan software platform to Optio Incentives in 2025 to support global expansion priorities; entered an exclusive agreement through its Swiss operations to acquire Brown Shipley's International Southern African private banking and wealth management business serving high-net-worth expats; advised on significant transactions including Rosebank Industries plc's £1.14 billion fundraise and $1.9 billion acquisition of Electrical Components International as well as NATCO Pharma's proposed $221 million stake in Adcock Ingram Holdings Limited; progressed a R2.5 billion/£100 million share buy-back programme with R1.1 billion/£46 million repurchased by September 2025; received a trading licence from South Africa's Nersa in September 2025 to enter the electricity market for renewable power sourcing and trading; and was named the best-performing bank in the United Kingdom and second-best in South Africa by The Banker in July 2025 based on asset quality, growth, profitability and efficiency.