Old Mutual’s EM units could be listed in S Africa
Old Mutual Emerging Markets, one of four units the UK-headquartered financial services giant plans to spin off, may be listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange.
Old Mutual Emerging Markets, one of four units the UK-headquartered financial services giant plans to spin off, may be listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange.
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South African financial services group Old Mutual has decided to break up its business into four separate units as it believes they will perform better independently.
Nedbank Private Wealth, the offshore private bank majority-owned by South Africa’s Old Mutual, said it has doubled its client base in the Middle East during the past two years and has expanded its support team for its Dubai-based operation.
Nedbanks UK and Dubai offices led the way last year in a period which saw across the board growth for the private wealth company.
Nedbank Private Wealth is aiming to double its client base in the Middle East over the next year, with plans also afoot to expand into Asia, according to the wealth manager's Middle East and Asia head Andrew Bates.
Nedbank Private Wealth is beefing up its Middle East team with the appointment of two new private bankers Chris Jones and Marc Beattie.
Nedbank Private Wealth has appointed Andrew Bates to head its Middle East and Asia operation.
After tax profits at Nedbank Private Wealth, which re-branded from Fairbairn Private Bank in October last year, were up 15% during 2012.
Fairbairn Private Bank is to become Nedbank Private Wealth as part of a corporate restructure which will see the company’s high net worth client-focused entities merged into one.
Nedbank Group, a division of South African insurer Old Mutual, is restructuring its high net worth client proposition, with a number of its brands, including Fairbairn Private Bank, to be combined into one new entity.
Fairbairn Private Bank is to make its collective funds – Nedgroup Investments MultiFunds – available through its discretionary investment management service.