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Principal Finance

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Innovative equity financing

Our Principal Finance team structures and executes bespoke financing, underpinned by the intrinsic value of equity. Our value proposition to you extends across the shareholder component of the capital structure, including mezzanine, preferred equity and equity linked instruments.

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OUR TEAM IS YOUR EDGE

Congratulations to each member of our Standard Bank CIB team on winning the Best Investment Advisor of the Year (by deal value) at the 2022 DealMakers awards. These 68 professionals, with their extensive local knowledge and deep experience, will help your business make the deals that matter.

Some of the benefits

Local specialist expertise

We provide specialist, local capabilities and expertise to deliver world-class solutions to you

Innovative approach to solutions

Our deep industry and country insights help us provide you with innovative solutions

Risk appetite

Leverage our risk appetite for African counter-parties and partner with us when trading in and across Africa

International trade finance standing

We can connect you to international markets to access funding across multiple institutions.
Why talk to us
  • Unrivalled African insight and global market reach: Our global and African footprint, local market knowledge and sector expertise and depth of local balance sheets is unrivalled in Africa.
  • Innovative financing solutions: We secure innovative and flexible financing for you, based on technical expertise and successful deal execution.
  • In-depth insights into local and global trends: We understand that you need a partner to help identify and achieve growth for your business in a rapidly changing economic landscape.
  • Understanding of your broader business goals: Our client-centric model and sector expertise enables us to assist you in structuring your broader growth strategies to link funding with your wider business goals and ambitions.
Our offering

We offer a comprehensive range of bespoke Structured Finance solutions within:

  • Principal and Structured Finance
  • Specialised Transactions Group
  • Why talk to us
  • Our offering
  • Unrivalled African insight and global market reach: Our global and African footprint, local market knowledge and sector expertise and depth of local balance sheets is unrivalled in Africa.
  • Innovative financing solutions: We secure innovative and flexible financing for you, based on technical expertise and successful deal execution.
  • In-depth insights into local and global trends: We understand that you need a partner to help identify and achieve growth for your business in a rapidly changing economic landscape.
  • Understanding of your broader business goals: Our client-centric model and sector expertise enables us to assist you in structuring your broader growth strategies to link funding with your wider business goals and ambitions.

We offer a comprehensive range of bespoke Structured Finance solutions within:

  • Principal and Structured Finance
  • Specialised Transactions Group
Get in touch
Yusuf Noorbhai
Head: Corporate Finance
Anwar Harris
Head: Principal Finance
Arnold van Wyk
Head: Principal Finance
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