STANDARD BANK

Standard Bank is Africa’s largest bank by assets and is internationally recognised as Africa’s top bank by Tier 1 capital. We have a presence in 34 countries globally and currently operate in 20 countries on the African continent. These on-the-ground networks have enabled us to grow our expertise across all African and international stock exchanges and lead us into creating an unrivalled offering. 

These capabilities expertly position us to deliver a full-service integrated Prime Services platform. This is an offering from a financial institution enriched with in-depth market knowledge built over a proud 160-year-long South African presence.

PRIME SERVICES PLATFORM

• Provision of financing across a wide range of instruments in accordance with a risk-based portfolio margin approach
• Interactive service model allows us to understand clients’ needs and manage their expectations
• Commitment to delivery of a consistent offering and client experience, which optimises cross-selling opportunities and expands product capabilities
• A team with significant local hedge-fund experience oversees prime brokerage client relationships and serves as concierge to the services of the broader firm
• Stable infrastructure, superior service, consistency and competitive pricing underpin reputation in the market
• Adherence to regulatory requirements to diversify risk

SECURITIES FINANCE AND LENDING

• Scale and efficiency allows for quick and efficient covering of clients’ borrowing requirements
• Biggest lending desk in South Africa for both equities and bonds as per SASLA statistics
• Breadth and depth of inventory to ensure low recall risk
• Auto borrow/return and securities financing available as value-added services
• Active monitoring of corporate actions
• Member of SASLA (South African Securities Lending Association)
• Management of collateral requirements within regulatory framework
• Global Finance Award Winner 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022: Best Securities Lender in Africa

SBG SECURITIES

• Access to expert South African-based sales teams, with strong trading market share across all JSE sectors
• Number 1 ranked broker by Value traded on the JSE

EXECUTION

• Ultra low latency infrastructure to support quantitative, systematic and algorithmic trading strategies across all JSE listed instruments
• Access to 55 offshore markets through a global broker collaboration

RESEARCH

• Access to South Africa’s “Best Research House” (Financial Mail: Ranking The Analysts 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023), which employs 40 analysts covering 120 companies across 23 countries and 18 sectors

DERIVATIVE CLEARING

• Provision of post-trade clearing, settlement and reporting services in all listed derivative markets offered by the JSE

CAPITAL INTRODUCTION

• Connection of clients to appropriate investors locally and globally by utilising existing networks and relationships built over the past 13 years
• Partner with our clients to augment their existing marketing strategy and channel their efforts effectively

Standard Bank is Level 1 per DTI code for BBBEE