- CEO
- Fani Titi
- Full Time Employees
- 7,700
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Diversified
- Address
- 100 Grayston Drive Sandton South Africa 2196
- IPO Date
- Mar 14, 2019
- Business
- Investec Group (IVTJY) operates as an international specialist bank and asset manager headquartered in Sandton, South Africa, with key operations in London, United Kingdom; it was founded in 1974 as a small leasing and financing company in Johannesburg. The group delivers tailored financial products and services to high-net-worth individuals, corporations, institutional investors, and private equity firms across its core markets in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, and select international regions; core offerings encompass specialist banking including asset finance, working capital facilities, vehicle finance, leveraged finance, aviation finance, real estate finance, energy and infrastructure financing, and portfolio lending; private banking with bespoke borrowing, savings solutions like Investec Save, and foreign exchange risk management; investment banking featuring mergers and acquisitions advisory, corporate broking, equity sales and trading, IPO support, and equity research; private equity advisory, fund financing, and capital growth solutions; risk management for commodities, interest rates, inflation hedging, and fund-specific foreign exchange; as well as access to wealth management, investment management, and alternative investments through strategic partnerships such as Rathbones Group. In recent developments, Investec Wealth & Investment UK integrated into Rathbones Group following a £839 million all-share combination completed in 2023, establishing a long-term strategic partnership with Investec holding a 41.25% economic interest; the group sold its share plan software platform to Optio Incentives in 2025 to refocus resources; it continues executing growth strategies including transactional banking expansion targeting tripled clients by FY30, mid-market corporate platform development aiming for 2-3% UK market share, and client acquisition acceleration in South Africa; Investec also supports major transactions such as advising NATCO Pharma on a $221 million cross-border acquisition of Adcock Ingram in 2025, alongside ongoing investments in digital platforms and sustainability initiatives like carbon emission reductions.