Company website: http://www.standardbank.com

Profile

About Standard Bank Group

Standard Bank Group is the largest African bank by assets, operating in 20 African countries and 5 global financial centres. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, we are listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with share code SBK, and the Namibian Stock Exchange, share code SNB.

Standard Bank has a 158-year history in South Africa and started building a franchise outside southern Africa in the early 1990s.

Our strategic position, which enables us to connect Africa to other select emerging markets as well as pools of capital in developed markets, and our balanced portfolio of businesses, provide significant opportunities for growth.

The group has over 50 000 employees, more than 1100 branches and over 6500 ATMs on the African continent, which enable it to deliver a complete range of services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking and wealth management.

Headline earnings for 2020 were R15.9 billion and total assets were R2.5 trillion (about USD170 billion). Standard Bank’s market capitalisation as of 31 December 2020 was R209.4 billion (USD14 billion).

The group’s largest shareholder is the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank, with a 20.1% shareholding. In addition, Standard Bank Group and ICBC share a strategic partnership that facilitates trade and deal flow between Africa, China and select emerging markets.

For further information, go to http://www.standardbank.com

> LinkedIn URL - Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking Page https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/standard-bank-corporate-and-investment-banking/

Event Sponsorships

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2024 - Platinum & ESG Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023 - Platinum & ESG Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2022 - Platinum & ESG Sponsor

ESG & Capital Markets Africa 2021 - Virtual - Silver Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference - Platinum Sponsor

ESG & Capital Markets Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference - Gold Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Gold Sponsor

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2019 - Gold Sponsor

Contributors

Jeanne-Marie Fatti

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023

• Financing infrastructure: How to successfully structure infrastructure deals on the African continent in 2023

Sasha Cook

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023

• Greening Africa’s syndicated loan markets: How are banks adapting their portfolios and approach to underwriting in-line with ESG principles?

George Kotsovos

Stephen Lovell

Martin Smith

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023

• Building resilience in an era of volatility: Unpacking the evolution of the banking sector in Africa

Ryan Shillaw

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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2022

• Unpacking secondary market liquidity: Opportunities, challenges and next steps

Goolam Ballim

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2022

• Africa outlook 2022: Which global, political, and economic factors are having the greatest impact on the continent’s growth trajectory?

Palesa Mkhize

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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2022

• The rise of social infrastructure: How has the continent’s project pipeline evolved given the necessary “prioritisation” of healthcare and affordable housing?

Paul Burgoyne

Anneke Lund

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa 2023

• Structure, liquidity, and greenwashing: How to sustainably tap into ESG bonds

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2022

• Weighing up the options: A closer look at SDG-linked products, how they compare and what is next for this (growing) market

Sabelo Mbuthu

Greg Fyfe

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2022

• Green transition: What does the Energy Transition mean for Africa, and how are businesses (particularly those that are hydrocarbon-rich) incorporating ESG into their finances?

ESG & Capital Markets Africa 2021 - Virtual

• How can commodity-based and hydrocarbon-rich sovereigns and companies prepare themselves for and manage the ‘green transition’?

Marc Hearn

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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Securitisation as a risk management asset class in the South African market: a useful case study for newer markets?

Lucy Konie

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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• How have banks’ approach to lending in the syndicated market changed in the COVID era?

Nicholas Gunning

Speaker at these events:

ESG & Capital Markets Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Green vs. Vanilla: Pricing vs. ROI – How do they stack up?

Brian Marshall

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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020

Asanda Tsotsi

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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020

Cody Aduloju

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Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Nigeria 2019

• Spotlight on Nigeria’s energy and infrastructure sectors: Funding and risk management solutions for lenders, investors and developers

Mark Kalil

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020 - Virtual Conference

• Elections, trade, and post-COVID recovery: How are investors pricing African credit in the current climate?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2020

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2019

• Buy or sell… hard currency or local currency: How and where can bond investors find value in Africa’s credit markets?

Javier Penino Vinas

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Africa 2019

• Chairman’s opening remarks

Articles from Bonds & Loans

• 18 Feb 2020: Monetary Policy Alone Cannot Support Growth in South Africa - Standard Bank
• 18 Feb 2020: South Africa’s Mining Sector Production Continues to Fall – Standard Bank
• 5 Feb 2020: Twin Deficits Leaves ZAR vulnerable – Standard Bank