Sponsors
Lead Sponsor - Standard Bank
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The Standard Bank Group Limited (“Standard Bank”) is Africa’s leading banking and financial services group, with assets of approximately US$155 billion and over 45,000 employees in 40 countries across the globe.
It leverages its pioneering heritage and experience of resource banking and emerging markets in Africa to offer banking and financial services in developing economies throughout the world, and is committed to making a real difference wherever it operates.
Standard Bank’s principal international investment banking subsidiary is Standard Bank Plc (SB Plc) whose main activities involve sourcing and structuring capital markets, and trade and project-related transactions. It also provides advisory, financing, hedging and commodity trading services.
SB Plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. It is a member of the London Stock Exchange, the London Bullion Market Association, the London Metal Exchange, the London Platinum and Palladium Market and the New York Mercantile Exchange (COMEX Division). Through its branch in Tokyo, it is also an Associate Member of the Tokyo Commodities Exchange (TOCOM).
Visit our website: www.standardbank.com
Sponsor - Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered PLC, listed on both the London Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, ranks among the top 25 companies in the FTSE-100 by market capitalisation.
The London-headquartered group has operated for over 150 years in some of the world’s most dynamic markets, leading the way in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Its income and the number of employees have more than doubled over the last five years primarily as a result of organic growth and supplemented by acquisitions.
Standard Chartered aspires to be the best international bank in its markets by being the right partner for its stakeholders and leading by example. The group now employs over 60,000 people, representing some 100 nationalities, in more than 1,400 branches located in over 50 countries.
The bank generates more than 90 per cent of its profits from Asia, Africa and the Middle East, with balanced income derived from both Wholesale and Consumer Banking.
The group is committed to building a sustainable business over the long term and is trusted worldwide for upholding high standards of corporate governance, social responsibility, environmental protection and employee diversity.
For more information, please visit: www.standardchartered.com
Contributing Sponsor - Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch has been active for many decades in Africa. In addition to arranging the inaugural US$ sovereign bonds for South Africa, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, Merrill Lynch is also a leading trader of African debt. More recently, Merrill Lynch assisted the Federal Republic of Nigeria in its London Club debt repayments, and also arranged Sub-Saharan Africa’s first ever Tier II bank capital financing for First Bank of Nigeria. Merrill Lynch arranged the largest ever bilateral loan for a Nigerian bank in May 2007 for Oceanic Bank, as well as local currency loans for a series of other Sub-Saharan African issuers. Merrill Lynch’s leadership in the Sub-Saharan Africa debt and equity markets is complemented by its leadership in Europe the Middle East and Africa regions.
Merrill Lynch is one of the world's leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory companies with offices in 38 countries and territories and total client assets of approximately $1.7 trillion. As an investment bank, it is a leading global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a broad range of asset classes and serves as a strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. Merrill Lynch owns approximately half of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest publicly traded investment management companies with more than $1 trillion in assets under management. For more information on Merrill Lynch, please visit www.ml.com.
Contributing Sponsor - Sterling Capital
Sterling Capital commenced operations in January, 2006 as a rebranding of the capital market experience and capabilities of the constituent banks in Sterling Bank Plc. The Banks were NAL Bank Plc, Magnum Trust Bank Plc, Indo-Nigeria Bank Ltd, NBM Bank Ltd and Trust Bank of Africa Plc. We have collectively over 50 years of Capital Markets experience, and a pioneer investment banking legacy, NAL being the pioneer investment banking institution in Nigeria. Today, over 50% of Companies quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange have our imprint, either having handled their Initial Public Offer (IPO) or Capital Issues. The individuals that directly handled such projects currently exist in Sterling Capital today, while the collective investment banking experience of our staff is almost a 100 years.
Our activities cut across a wide spectrum of investment banking services, including Corporate Finance, Financial Advisory, Funds/ Portfolio Management as well as Research & Investment Advisory. For more details visit our website www.sterlingcapitalng.com.