11th Mar 2005 16:00
Investec PLC11 March 2005 Investec plc ("the Company") Appointment of Merrill Lynch International as Corporate Stockbroker The Directors of Investec plc are pleased to announce that they havetoday appointed Merrill Lynch International to act as corporatestockbroker to the Company. 11th March 2005 ENQUIRIES Investec plc 020 7597 5546 Ursula Munitich Merrill Lynch 020 7996 1000Peter Tracey Citigate Dewe Rogerson 020 7457 2020Sara Batchelor END NOTES TO EDITORS Investec is an international specialist banking group that provides a diverserange of financial products and services to a niche client base in threeprincipal markets, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia as wellas certain other countries. The group was established in 1974 and currently hasapproximately 4 100 employees. Investec focuses on delivering distinctive profitable solutions for its clientsin five core areas of activity namely, Private Client Activities, Treasury andSpecialised Finance, Investment Banking, Asset Management and PropertyInvestment Banking and Asset Management. In July 2002 the Investec group implemented a dual listed company structure withlistings on the London and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges. Management and staffown approximately 20% of the equity share capital of the group. At 30 September 2004, total shareholders' funds were £765 million, third partyassets under management were £36 billion and core loans and advances were £5.5billion. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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