Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, today announced the shortlist for its prestigious Ai Institutional Investment and Capital Market Awards 2015, to be held on the 25th of September 2015 at the Thomson Reuters offices on 195 Broadway, and taking place during the UN General Assembly.
Launched in 2007, and linked to the Africa investor Index Series, the Ai Institutional Investment and Capital Market Awards are based around the Ai Index Series and are the only pan-African Awards designed to recognise Africa's best performing stock exchanges, listed companies, investment banks, research teams, regulators, socially responsible companies and sovereign wealth and pension fund investors. It is a uniquely African capital markets event.
Commenting on the 2015 Awards shortlist, Hubert Danso, CEO of Africa investor said; "Africa's capital markets remain some of the most attractive propositions for institutional investors globally. We are therefore delighted to showcase the institutions and CEOs from the Ai Index Series at the forefront of delivering world class returns. The stiff competition in our African and global pension and sovereign wealth fund categories is a testament to the high institutional interest and participation from owners of capital. We are therefore naturally very pleased with this year's top ten shortlist and wish all nominees the best of luck."
Africa investor's Ai100 and Ai40 Investors' indices capture the top 40 and 100 of the largest and most liquid publicly-traded stocks across Africa, ranking them by market capitalisation and by liquidity, as measured by the average daily value traded in US dollars. Ai also produces the pan- African Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Indices, the Ai SRI 50 and Ai SRI 30, which were launched in 2006 in association with the United Nations. Africa investor has also recently added the Ai Infrastructure Index and the Ai Real Estate Index as investment tools for its institutional clients.
Last year's winners included the Egyptian Exchange; Standard Bank; Standard Chartered Bank; the Securities And Exchange Commission, Nigeria; Auerbach Grayson & Co.; Old Mutual; Seplat Petroleum; Zambia Sugar; Safaricom; Kenya Airways; Guaranty Trust Bank; the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority; AP3; Fundo Soberano de Angola and the Botswana Public Officers' Pension Fund.
The full Ai Institutional Investment and Capital Market Awards 2015 shortlist is below.
The Ai Institutional Investment and Capital Market Awards will be held during the Ai CEO Institutional Investment Summit on the 25th of September 2015 at the Thomson Reuters offices on 195 Broadway, New York, USA.
Ai Institutional Investment and Capital Market Awards 2015 – Full Shortlist
1. Most Innovative African Stock Exchange
1 Stock Exchange of Mauritius
2 Nigerian Stock Exchange
3 Malawi Stock Exchange
4 Botswana Stock Exchange
5 Nairobi Securities Exchange
6 Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM)
7 Johannesburg Stock Exchange
8 Rwanda Stock Exchange
9 Egyptian Stock Exchange
10 Bourse de Tunis
2. Best Africa Investment Bank
1 Barclays Africa Group
2 Standard Bank
3 Standard Chartered Bank
4 Citi 5 Deutsche Bank
6 FBN Capital
7 Investec
8 JP Morgan
9 UBA
10 Ecobank
3. Best Africa Research Team
1 Imara
2 Renaissance Capital
3 RMB Global Markets Research
4 Ecobank Capital
5 Nedbank Capital
6 African Alliance
7 Standard Bank
8 Stanlib Africa Investment Team
9 Absa Capital
10 Investec
4. Most Innovative Capital Markets Regulator
1 Securities Exchange Commission, Nigeria
2 Reserve Bank of Malawi
3 NBFIRA, Botswana
4 Capital Markets Authority, Kenya
5 Conseil Régional de l'Epargne Publique et des Marchés Financiers
6 Financial Services Board, South Africa
7 Capital Market Authority, Rwanda
8 Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority
9 Financial Market Council, Tunisia
10 Capital Markets Authority, Uganda
5. Best Performing Broker in Africa
1 Ecobank Securities and Asset Management
2 IG South Africa
3 DWT Securities
4 PSG Online
5 Standard OST/Stockbroking
6 Sanlam Private Wealth
7 Vunani Private Clients
8 Auerbach Grayson & Co.
9 Kestrel Capital
10 African Alliance Group
6. Best Africa Fund Manager
1 Coronation Fund Managers
2 Old Mutual Investment Group
3 Allan Gray Fund Managers
4 Prudential
5 PSG
6 Nedgroup Investments
7 Momentum
8 Ashburton Investments
9 African Alliance
10 Investec
7. Best African Listing
1 Crystal Telecom
2 Emaar Misr
3 Résidences Dar Saada SA
4 Rhodes Food Group Holdings Ltd
5 Pivotal Fund Ltd
6 Delice Holding SA
7 Cartrack Holdings
8 Samba Foods
9 Equity Group Holdings
10 Choppies
8. Best Performing Ai100 Company
1 Zambia National Commercial Bank
2 Société de Fabrication des Boissons de Tunisie
3 Letshego
4 Tanzania Breweries
5 Attijari Bank
6 Naspers
7 FNB Namibia
8 Sechaba
9 QNB Al-Ahli (Egypt)
10 FirstRand
9. Best Performing Ai40 Company
1 Commercial International Bank
2 Stanbic IBTC Bank
3 Kenya Commercial Bank
4 Safaricom
5 Equity Bank
6 Ecobank
7 Maroc Telecom
8 SABMiller
9 Banque Centrale Populaire
10 Mauritius Commercial Bank
10. Most Innovative Ai SRI 50 Company
1 Sasol
2 Mobinil
3 First Bank Nigeria
4 Dangote Cement
5 BHP Billiton
6 Zenith Bank
7 Telkom
8 WBHO
9 State Bank of Mauritius
10 Impala Platinum
11. Most Innovative Ai SRI 30 Company
1 UBA Bank
2 Orascom Construction
3 MTN Group
4 Mondi
5 Lafarge Africa
6 Guaranty Trust Bank
7 Dangote Sugar
8 Anglo American
9 AngloGold Ashanti
10 Standard Bank
12. Ai100 CEO of the Year
1 Bruce Dick, Managing Director , Zambia National Commercial Bank
2 Mustapha Abdelmoula, General Manager, Société de Fabrication des Boissons de Tunisie
3 Allan Christopher Michael Low, Group Managing Director, Letshego
4 Roberto Jarrin, Managing Director, Tanzania Breweries
5 Hicham Seffa, CEO, Attijari Bank
6 Bob van Dijk, CEO, Naspers
7 Sarel van Zyl, CEO, FNB Namibia
8 Johan de Kok, Group Managing Director, Sechaba
9 Mohamed Osman El Dib, Chairman and Managing Director, QNB Alahli (Egypt)
10 Sizwe Nxasana, CEO, FirstRand
13. Ai40 CEO of the Year
1 Hisham Ezz Al-Arab, Chairman and Managing Director, Commercial International Bank
2 Yinka Sanni, CEO, Stanbic IBTC Bank
3 Joshua Oigara, CEO, Kenya Commercial Bank
4 Bob Collymore, CEO, Safaricom
5 James Mwangi, CEO, Equity Bank
6 Albert Essien, CEO, Ecobank
7 Abdeslam Ahizoune, CEO, Maroc Telecom
8 Alan Clark, CEO, SABMiller
9 Mohamed Benchaâboun, CEO, Banque Centrale Populaire
10 Antony R. Withers, CEO, Mauritius Commercial Bank
14. Ai SRI 50 CEO of the Year
1 David Constable, CEO, Sasol
2 Yves Gauthier, CEO, Mobinil
3 Stephen Olabisi Onasanya, CEO, First Bank Nigeria
4 Onne van der Weijde, CEO, Dangote Cement
5 Andrew Mackenzie, CEO, BHP Billiton
6 Peter Amangbo, CEO, Zenith Bank
7 Sipho Maseko, CEO, Telkom
8 Louwtjie Nel, CEO, WBHO
9 Jairaj Sonoo, CEO, State Bank of Mauritius
10 Terence Goodlace, CEO, Impala Platinum
15. Ai SRI 30 CEO of the Year
1 Phillips Oduoza, CEO, UBA Bank
2 Nassef Sawiris, CEO, Orascom Construction Industries
3 Sifiso Dabengwa, CEO, MTN Group
4 David Hathorn, CEO, Mondi
5 Guillaume Roux, CEO, Lafarge Africa
6 Segun Agbaje, CEO, Guaranty Trust Bank
7 Graham Clark, Group Managing Director, Dangote Sugar
8 Mark Cutifani, CEO, Anglo American
9 Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan, CEO, AngloGold Ashanti
10 Ben Kruger/Sim Tshabalala, Co-CEOs, Standard Bank
16. International Sovereign Wealth Fund Initiative of the Year
1 Investment Corporation of Dubai
2 Qatar Investment Authority
3 Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), Norway
4 Aabar Investments PJ (UAE)
5 Korea Investment Corporation
6 State General Reserve Fund (SGRF), Oman
7 Kuwait Investment Authority
8 China Investment Corporation
9 Temasek Holdings, Singapore
10 GIC, Singapore
17. African Sovereign Wealth Fund Initiative of the Year
1 Fundo Soberano de Angola
2 Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
3 Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe
4 Tanzania Sovereign Wealth Fund
5 Senegal Strategic Investment Fund (FONSIS)
6 Gabonese Strategic Investments Fund
7 Revenue Regulation Fund, Algeria
8 Pula Fund, Botswana
9 National Sovereign Wealth Fund (NSWF), Kenya
10 Agaciro Development Fund (AgDF), Rwanda
18. International Pension Fund Initiative of the Year
1 PKA and PensionDanmark
2 The Third AP Fund, SPP/Storebrand and Folksam
3 New York State Common Retirement Fund
4 Kommunal Landspensjonskasse (KLP)
5 CalSTRS
6 TIAA-CREF
7 Canada Pension Plan
8 SPF Beheer
9 Washington State Investment Board
10 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
19. African Pension Fund Initiative of the Year
1 GEPF/Public Investment Corporation
2 Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund
3 Natal Joint Municipal Pension Fund
4 Eskom Pension and Provident Fund
5 National Social Security Fund, Kenya
6 Public Service Pension Fund, Zambia
7 Government Institutions Pensions Fund, Namibia
8 National Social Security Fund, Uganda
9 National Social Security Fund, Tanzania
10 The Social Security and National Insurance Trust, Ghana
For more information on the Ai Institutional Investment and Capital Market Awards, contact Catherine Wright on +27 11 783 2431 or cwright@africainvestor.com.
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Africa investor is a specialist investment and communications firm advising governments, international organisations and businesses on strategies for capital market and foreign direct investments in Africa. Africa investor publishes Africa investor, the leading international newsstand magazine for Africa's investment decision makers; maintains the Africa investor 40 Investors' Index, hosts the Ai Index Series Summit & Awards and the Africa investor Infrastructure Projects Summit & Awards, among other events.
