Investec shines again in prestigious structured products awards

At this, the fourth edition of the prestigious awards, Investec picked up four accolades. 

Investec beat off a number of major local and global houses in landing the Best Distributor (South Africa and Offshore), Best Performance and Deal of the Year – the Offshore Protected Share – Asia Pacific Basket.

The awards took place last night at a gala event in Cape Town, attended by leading South African and global banks, exchanges, law firms, technology providers and other financial markets service providers.  The awards recognise the best performing structured products manufacturers, distributors and service providers in the market, as voted by the industry.

Brian McMillan from Investec Structured Products says the awards are an affirmation of the work Investec has done to establish structured products as an indispensable tool in realising specific investment strategies. “Investors are increasingly seeing the benefit of structured products in providing certainty of outcomes – with attractive pay-out profiles and protection – in uncertain, volatile times. The success of our numerous structures over the years attests to this.” 

Structured products provide a pre-defined risk-and-return profile with returns linked to one or more underlying assets or indices, across currencies and geographies. Investec has launched 21 structured products in the past 12 months, 6 of which were offshore and 15 were rand-denominated local investments.

“We see considerable scope for the development of the structured product space, as part of a balanced portfolio. This includes retirement vehicles like retirement annuities, preservation funds and living annuities. We have already done a great deal of work in tailoring investments to comply with Regulation 28 of the Pension Fund Act and we see this as a growth area in the future,” Japie Lubbe concludes.

Investec Structured Products is an offering from Investec for Intermediaries which is focused on providing a holistic value proposition for financial intermediaries, helping them save, invest and trade funds for their clients. The offering brings together dedicated relationships, an integrated digital  platform and client-focused solutions under a single Specialist Bank.

About Investec Corporate and Institutional Banking

Investec Corporate and Institutional Banking provides a wide range of products, services and solutions to select corporate clients, public sector bodies, financial institutions and private investors. The division undertakes the bulk of Investec’s proprietary trading activities, as well as all non-private client deposit taking, corporate and public sector lending, project finance, acquisition and leveraged finance as well as advisory, for large corporates, and structuring activities. The division has eight product teams that are divided equally between banking activities and financial markets activities. 

About Investec for Intermediaries

Investec for Intermediaries is focused on providing a holistic value proposition for financial intermediaries, helping them save, trade, invest and administer funds for their clients. The offering consolidates all the current Investec Specialist Banking products and service solutions – Cash Management, Foreign Exchange, Structured Products, Specialist Investments and Equities and Prime Services – and ensures that financial intermediaries can easily engage with us through different channels and platforms. 

About Investec Structured Products 

Since its inception in October 2002, Investec Structured Products have afforded investors the ability to tailor their returns to provide for capital growth, income or a combination of the two while limiting downside risk. Structured products can also be designed to provide positive returns, when direct investments in the markets would have produced a loss, and they could also deliver returns greater than deposit products.