Johannesburg, South Africa; New York, USA; 17 August 2018: Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, today announced that the 12th annual Ai CEO Institutional Investment Summit will once again showcase the best of Africa’s Capital Market investment success stories through the prestigious Ai Capital Market Index Series Awards, which today released the official shortlist of nominees.
The Ai Capital Market Index Series Awards recognise the achievements of capital market investors, business leaders, regulators and institutions improving Africa’s capital market investment climate.
Launched in 2007, the Awards are based around the Africa investor (Ai) Index Series, and are designed to recognise Africa’s best performing stock exchanges, listed companies, investment banks, research teams, regulators, socially responsible companies, investment managers and institutional investors.
Commenting on the release of the shortlist, Hubert Danso, CEO and Vice Chairman of Africa investor, said, “For over a decade, Africa investor has been proud to host this platform to highlight the best in African institutional and capital market investment transactions. Over this time, we have seen the quality, innovation and quantity of transactions increase exponentially along with a surge of Middle East and Asian Sovereign investment activity this year and to continue our vision to bring global recognition to the organisations and personalities driving and unlocking Africa’s investment potential.”
The Ai CEO Institutional Investment Summit and the Ai Capital Market Index Series Awards will be hosted with the support of NASDAQ and the CFA Society New York. The Awards will be announced at the NASDAQ Marketsite in Times Square, New York, on the 25th of September.
For more information, contact Tatenda Mutasa on tmutasa@africainvestor.com or +27 11 783 2431, or go to http://aicapitalmarketsummit.com/.
Read the full shortlist below.
The Ai Capital Market Index Series Awards 2018 Shortlist
- Most Innovative African Stock Exchange
Nigerian Stock Exchange
Egyptian Stock Exchange
Nairobi Securities Exchange
Stock Exchange of Mauritius
ZAR X Exchange
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
BRVM
Ghana Stock Exchange
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
Uganda Stock Exchange
- Best Africa Investment Bank
Standard Bank Group
First Rand Ltd
Beltone Financial
Attijariwafa Bank SA
Investec
Banque Misr SAE
Societe Generale
First Bank Nigeria
FBN Quest
EFG Hermes
ABSA Capital
- Best Africa Research Team
Renaissance
EFG Hermes Research Team
Access Bank
Rand Merchant Bank
Exotix Partners
SBG Securities
Ecobank Research
Old Mutual
Credit Suisse
Nedbank
- Most Innovative Capital Markets Regulator
Capital Markets Authority, Kenya
Securities Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZ)
Financial Regulatory Authority of Egypt
Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority
Financial Services Board of South Africa
Capital Markets Authority Uganda
Financial Services Commission, Mauritius
Conseil Régional de l’Epargne Publique et des Marchés Financiers
Securities Exchange Commission, Nigeria
Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority
- Best Performing Broker in Africa
Alexander Forbes
Alan Gray
Absa Africa Stockbrokers
African Alliance
Vunani Private Clients
Standard OST/Stockbroking
CM Trading
Renaissance Capital
FSDH Securities
Auerbach Grayson
- Best Africa Fund Manager
Coronation Global Fund Managers
Futuregrowth Asset Management
Old Mutual Global Investors
PSG Wealth
Investec Asset Management
Intereffekt Investment Funds
Commercial International Bank (BPI Global Investment Fund)
JP Morgan (JP Morgan Africa Equity)
- Rowe Price (Middle East & Africa Equity Fund)
Sanlam
- Best African Listing
Vivo Energy (VVO)
Vodacom Tanzania
Libstar
Nimbus Infrastructure Limited
Ecobank Cote d’Ivoire
Letshego Holdings
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)
African Rainbow Capital Investments
Brainworks
MTN (Ghana)
- Best Performing Ai100 Company
Onatel
Société Générale de Banques en Côte d’Ivoire (SGBCI)
Bamburi Cement
Unilever Ghana
La Société de limonaderies et brasseries d’Afrique (SOLIBRA)
FNB Namibia
Botswana Insurance Holdings Limited
Union Bancaire pour le Commerce et l’Industrie
Ciment Maroc
SAPH
- Best Performing Ai40 Company
CGI
Douja Prom Addoha
SABMiller
Lafarge
Maroc Telecom
Safaricom
Sonatel
Banque Centrale Populaire
Attijariwafa Bank
TMG Holdings
- Most Innovative Ai SRI 50 Company
SASOL
BHP Billiton
Zenith Bank
Impala Platinum
Dangote Cement
Innscor Africa
Stanbic Uganda
State Bank of Mauritius
Kenya Power and Lighting Company
Telkom
- Most Innovative Ai SRI 30 Company
Kenya Commercial Bank
GTBank
Old Mutual
Mondi
MTN Group
UBA
BMCE
Orascom Construction
Standard Bank
Lafarge Africa
- Ai100 CEO of the Year
Sidi Mohamed Naïmi
Aymeric VILLEBRUN
Seddiq Hassani
Yeo Ziobeieton
Stefano Cocito
Sarel van Zyl
Catherine Lesetedi-Letegele
Pierre Bérégovoy
Hakan Gürdal
Marc Genot
- Ai40 CEO of the Year
Anas Sefrioui
Alan Clark
Michel Puchercos
Abdeslam Ahizoune
Bob Collymore
Alioune Ndiaye
Mohamed Benchaâboun
Mohamed el-Kettani
Jean- Michel Baticle
Hisham Talaat Moustafa
- Ai SRI 50 CEO of the Year
Bongani Nqwababa.
Andrew Mackenzie
Peter Amangbo
Nicolas Muller
Joseph Makoju
Julian Schonken
Patrick Mweheire
Andrew Bainbridge
Ken Tarus
Sipho Maseko
- Ai SRI 30 CEO of the Year
Joshua Oigara
Segun Agbaje
Mthandazo Peter Moyo
Peter Oswald
Rob Shuter
Kennedy Uzoka
Othman Benjelloun
Nassef Sawiris
Lungisa Fuzile
Rossen Papazov
- International Sovereign Wealth Fund Initiative of the Year
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC)
China Investment Corporation (CIC)
Investment Corporation of Dubai
The Government Pension Fund Global (Norway)
Qatar Investment Authority
Temasek
Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia
Arab Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Russian Direct Investment Fund
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation
- African Sovereign Wealth Fund Initiative of the Year
Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund
Sovereign Wealth Fund of Kenya
Senegal Strategic Investment Fund (FONSIS)
Gabonese Strategic Investments Fund
Revenue Regulation Fund, Algeria
Pula Fund, Botswana
Ithmar Capital
Egyptian SWF
Fundo Soberano de Angola
- International Pension Fund Initiative of the Year
New York State Common Retirement Fund
PensionDanmark
Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund
California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
OPSEU Pension Trust (OP Trust)
Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERs)
Santander (UK)
The Second AP Fund – Andra AP-fonden (AP2)
Danica Pension
National Social Security Fund-China
- African Pension Fund Initiative of the Year
Eskom Pension and Provident Fund
Natal Joint Municipal Pension Fund (NJMPF)
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (Ghana)
National Social Security Fund (Uganda)
Government Employees Pension Fund, South Africa (GEPF)
Zambia’s Public Service Pension Fund
Government Institutions Pension Fund (Namibia)
National Pension Fund, Mauritius
Moçambique Previdente
Kenya Power Pension Fund (KPPF)
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Africa investor is a specialist investment and communications firm advising governments, international organisations and businesses on communication 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 CEO Institutional Summit & Awards and the Ai CEO Infrastructure Investment Summit & Awards, among other events.
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