The 9th edition of Africa Service Providers Awards has opened for entries in the build up to the Awards night in South Africa.

AGF Service Providers
Awards 2024

brought to you by Africa Global Funds in partnership with MNCapital Group:

About the Awards

It is FREE to enter; there are 38 categories, all rewarding excellence in African Asset Servicing



About event

Be recognised and honoured in the African Fund Services space by participating in the 2024 AGF Africa Service Providers Awards. The Awards were created to honour and generate both industry and public recognition of the outstanding efforts and accomplishments of Fund Service Providers covering Africa.

The AGF Service Providers Awards serve as a prestigious symbol of excellence, being the only international awards in African Fund Services.

This year we partnered with MNCapital Group that organizes the 8th Africa Investment Funds and Asset Management (AIFAM) Forum (6-8th November 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda), where we will be distributing our October magazine issue.

The AIFAM Forum and AGF Service Providers Awards aim to foster long-term strategic collaborations with active stakeholders dedicated to finding innovative and sustainable solutions to the key challenges faced by African institutional investors.

The awards ceremony offers a unique platform to celebrate achievements and foster connections within the investment community.

The AGF Service Providers Awards will take place in South Africa this November (TBC).

Submissions Deadline Extended : September 16th 2024.

Please note that the judging period is from July 2023 to June 2024.

We are also inviting companies to participate in two special editions of Africa Global Funds magazine: October issue focused on African pension funds to be distributed during the AIFAM Forum in Rwanda; and the Awards issue published in November (posted on our website and distributed free of charge to our database). Both issues will feature interviews, analysis, and/or opinion commentary with participating companies.

Should you require any further information on the Awards or sponsorship opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact Anna Lyudvig at 1.718.787.6105 or awards@africaglobalfunds.com

For AIFAM registration inquiries or partnership opportunities, please contact: Michael Ndinisa: michael@mncapitalgroup.com

Entry requirements

Entrants will be asked to submit a case study (up to 500 words) or statement that fulfils stated objectives of each award. Please note that the judging period is from July 2023 to June 2024.

  • Submissions will be accepted via the online entry system only.
  • Submissions Deadline Extended : September 16th 2024
  • All information submitted will be for the use of judging and will remain confidential.
Methodology

Submissions will be assessed by the appointed panel of judges. In assessing a submission, judges will be looking for the following, but not exclusive, attributes:

  • The entry fulfils the stated award criteria
  • Clear identification of the service objectives
  • Evidence of a satisfactory client outcome
  • Key differentiators of your service
  • The use of innovation and/or technology brought to the task
  • Levels of ongoing service and support to the client
  • Levels of Best Practice

Those judged best in their category will progress to the finalist stage. The 2024 awards shortlist will be announced in September.

From the finalists, the judging panel will decide on the winning and highly commended entries.

NOTE: The judges' decision is final. The judges have the right to determine the standards of an award and to withhold an award in any category, if, in their view, the entries are not of sufficient merit. The judges also have the right to give a number of special awards.

Confidentiality

We recognize and respect the sensitive nature of the information submitted in the entries. Entries are not disclosed or discussed outside the judging process. We do not publish the names of companies, organizations or individuals that have not won an Award, nor will we reproduce any information from your entry. Therefore if you enter the Awards, but are not successful, this will remain confidential.

All entries and supporting material will be destroyed after the winners are announced.

The organizers reserve the right to use information contained in the winning entries (apart from contact details and any content marked not for publication) for subsequent publicity, promotions and other activities relating to the Awards.

Judging guidelines

The panel is carefully selected to ensure the Awards judging process is fair and objective. We select individuals to serve as judges who have distinguished themselves in their field and who demonstrate exceptional leadership ability and vision. We hold our judges to the highest standards of fairness, accuracy and integrity. The entire judging process adheres firmly to these guiding principles.

Judges will take part in a judging conference call, where the winners will be decided, with one expert per category will be asked to summarize the judges’ comments and provide any additional input as required. All judges are required to sign a disclaimer form to keep information about entries and the final winners confidential.

The Judging panel

The judges are carefully selected for their wealth of experience and expertise, as well as their absence of conflicts of interest. The list of judges will be announced shortly, and published on this page.

IMPORTANT: The judges are bound by a strict confidentiality agreement and are required to declare any conflict of interest in entries over which they deliberate, and to stand aside from deliberations concerning those entries.

2024 Shortlist Announced

We congratulate the following companies for making the shortlist this year!



Advisory Firm: Fund Structuring
  • Stewards Investment Capital
  • Lima Capital
  • TMF Group
Advisory Firm: Private Equity
  • Verdant Capital
  • Fyrefem
  • Bravura
Advisory Services: Corporate Finance
  • Verdant Capital
  • PwC
  • SouthBridge Group
  • S Corporate Advisors
Advisory Services: Project Finance
  • PwC
  • SouthBridge
  • Cresco
Independent Advisory Firm - Pan Africa
  • Verdant Capital
  • SouthBridge Group
  • Ibis Consulting
  • RisCura
  • EFG Hermes
Independent Advisory Firm - South Africa
  • Verdant Capital
  • Bravura
  • Ibis Consulting
  • RisCura
  • Tau Risk & Investments
SME Financier
  • Sourcefin
  • Verdant Capital
  • Nithio
  • Edge Growth
Investment Survey Provider
  • RisCura
  • Alexander Forbes
  • Willis Towers Watson
Banking & Custody Provider: Sub-Custodian
  • Societe Generale
  • Altree Custody Services
  • Standard Bank
Derivatives Clearing Provider
  • Societe Generale
  • Standard Bank
  • NG Clearing
Securities Lending Provider
  • Standard Bank
  • Zarclear Securities Lending
  • Sygnia Securities
Brokerage Services
  • SBM Holdings
  • Kingdom Securities
  • CardinalStone Securities
Prime Broker
  • IG South Africa
  • EFG Hermes Securities Brokerage
  • Peresec
Regulatory Hosting Platform
  • Afriwise
  • CAEP
  • Compliance Solutions Strategies
Fund Administrator: Hedge Funds
  • GAEL Fund Services
  • Prescient Fund Services
  • RealFin
Fund Administrator: Investment Funds
  • Intercontinental Trust Limited
  • Apex Group
  • ChiLin Global Fiduciary Services
Fund Administrator: Private Equity Funds Over $20bn
  • Apex Group
  • JTC Group
  • IQ:EQ
Fund Administrator: Private Equity Funds Under $20bn
  • Prescient Fund Services
  • Intercontinental Trust Limited
  • Trident Trust
  • Axis Fiduciary
Fund Administrator - Real Estate & infrastructure Funds
  • Intercontinental Trust Limited
  • Citco Fund Services
  • Ocorian
Investment Administrator - Pension Funds
  • OAK Pensions
  • Standard Bank
  • Momentum Retirement Administrators
Index Provider
  • FTSE Russel
  • VanEck
  • S&P Dow Jones Indices
Legal Services: Investment Funds
  • Bowmans
  • Epena Law
  • Dentons
Legal Services: Private Equity
  • Bowmans
  • Webber Wentzel
  • Charles Russell Speechlys
Fund Accounting & Reporting Software Provider
  • BNY
  • SS&C Technologies
  • Temenos Multifonds
  • Fundamental Software
Performance Measurement & Attribution Platform
  • BNY
  • SS&C Technologies
  • FactSet
Portfolio Management Software Provider
  • SS&C Technologies
  • Fundamental Software
  • MAIA Technology
Private Equity Software Provider
  • SS&C Technologies
  • Temenos Multifonds
  • eFront
Data Management Solution
  • BNY
  • FactSet
  • MAIA Technology
Research & Data Provider: Private Equity
  • RisCura
  • Statista
  • Tellimer
Marketing & Communications Consultancy
  • Flow
  • Backbay Communications
  • APO Group
CIS Trustee Services
  • DLM Capital Group
  • KCB Group
  • Standard Bank

Judges

The judges are carefully selected for their wealth of experience and expertise, as well as their absence of conflicts of interest.



Judging guidelines

The panel is carefully selected to ensure the Awards judging process is fair and objective. We select individuals to serve as judges who have distinguished themselves in their field and who demonstrate exceptional leadership ability and vision. We hold our judges to the highest standards of fairness, accuracy and integrity. The entire judging process adheres firmly to these guiding principles.

Judges will take part in a judging conference call, where the winners will be decided, with one expert per category will be asked to summarize the judges’ comments and provide any additional input as required. All judges are required to sign a disclaimer form to keep information about entries and the final winners confidential.


IMPORTANT: The judges are bound by a strict confidentiality agreement and are required to declare any conflict of interest in entries over which they deliberate, and to stand aside from deliberations concerning those entries.

Stuart Bradley

Stuart Bradley

Stuart Bradley

Stuart Bradley

Managing Partner, Phatisa

Stuart has over 25 years of private equity experience in Africa with CDC Capital Partners, Aureos Capital and Phatisa Group. During his career, Stuart has raised over US$ 1 billion for private equity funds in Africa. Prior to founding Phatisa, Stuart was managing partner of the US$ 50 million Aureos Southern Africa Fund in Johannesburg, South Africa. Before joining Aureos Capital, Stuart was general manager of Takura Ventures in Zimbabwe, where he had overall responsibility for the Fund's success. Stuart was a board member of the Southern African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (SAVCA) as well as a prior member of Emerging Markets Private Equity Association's (EMPEA) (now GIPC) Frontier Markets Council.

Kasief Isaacs

Kasief Isaacs

Kasief Isaacs

Kasief Isaacs

Head: Private Markets, Mergence

Kasief joined Mergence in 2015. He has 19 years of experience in the financial services industry. As Senior Investment Principal, he has a specific focus on energy, infrastructure, and impact within SA and SADC. He leads the Private Markets Investment Team, which has built up a stellar performance record over the past decade. Kasief has prior extensive international and local experience in SA's renewable energy market. He is an experienced conference speaker and media commentator.

Craig Stanley

Craig Stanley

Craig Stanley

Craig Stanley

Chief Operating Officer, Partner, Enko Capital Management

Craig is Chief Operating Officer at Enko Capital, an Africa-focused investment firm based in London and Johannesburg, with offices in Cote d'Ivoire, Mauritius, Cameroon, and Rwanda managing an absolute return Africa debt fund, Africa ex-SA private equity, Africa ex-SA ESG/Impact private credit. He has over 26 years of investment experience at asset management and consulting firms. Over his career, he has lived and worked in the U.S., Japan, Australia, and the United Kingdom. For the past 15+ years Craig has been immersed in the African and global frontier space in listed equities, debt, real estate, private equity, and private debt. Prior to joining Enko, Craig was a Managing Director at Terra Partners, a global frontier hedge fund manager. He has authored dozens of articles and white papers on a wide range of frontier capital market and economic topics. In 2023, Craig joined the Board of Alpha Initiatives, a start-up portfolio, order and risk management system specializing in credit and fixed income markets. Craig earned his B.A. in Political Economy from New York University at the age of 20 (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), and pursued MA studies in Japanese at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Craig was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2005.

Arnold A. Dublin-Green

Arnold A. Dublin-Green

Arnold A. Dublin-Green

Arnold A. Dublin-Green

Chief Investment Officer, Cordros Asset Management

Arnold A. Dublin-Green is the Chief Investment Officer of Cordros Asset Management overseeing multiple investment products and solutions. He has over 16 years of experience in diverse capital market, in the finance industry. In his four years in Europe he majored in Securities and Derivatives trading before expanding his career into Africa. He was a Director and Head of global markets at Apakan Securities in Ghana covering multiple asset classes as well as business development strategies. Earlier, he was a Senior Vice President in Ecobank Asset Management, where he was a Senior Portfolio Manager on the Middle Africa Fixed Income and Currency trading desk. He also worked as the Head of Execution in African Alliance in Johannesburg, as well as a co-Portfolio Manager at Nubuke Investments in London, Managing over $120m in a Pan African focused Strategy.

Rémi Burdairon

Rémi Burdairon

Rémi Burdairon

Rémi Burdairon

Chief Investment Officer, Kessner Capital Management

Rémi Burdairon, a seasoned leader in the agricultural commodities sector, began his career as a financial analyst in London in 1985. He has held key roles with global firms like Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Ameropa, and BTG Pactual, leading significant market developments across Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Rémi's work has spanned CEO positions, fund management, and launching biotech ventures. Currently, he focuses on bridging funding gaps and enhancing commodity supply chains through Atria Trade Investments in Africa. He recently joined Kessner Capital Management as CIO for a newly established credit fund and is involved in introducing commodity tokenization in Africa with the agri-fintech company WHRRL. Rémi is a graduate of ESSEC business school, born in Senegal, and has a profound 30+ year connection to Africa.

Sponsors




Standard Bank Group is the largest African bank by assets, operating in 20 African countries and 4 global financial centers and 2 offshore hubs. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, we are listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with share code SBK, and the Namibian Stock Exchange, share code SNB.

Standard Bank has a 162-year history in South Africa and started building a franchise outside southern Africa in the early 1990s.

Our strategic position, which enables us to connect Africa to other select emerging markets as well as pools of capital in developed markets, and our balanced portfolio of businesses, provide significant opportunities for growth.

The group’s headline earnings for the year ended 31 December 2023 were R42.9 billion (USD2.3 billion) and total assets were R3.1 trillion (USD166 billion).

As at 31 December 2023, Standard Bank Group had over 18.8 million clients, employed over 50,000 people (including Liberty) and had over 1,000 points of representation and 6,000 ATMs on the African continent.

The group’s largest shareholder is the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank, with a 19.4% shareholding. In addition, Standard Bank Group and ICBC share a strategic partnership that facilitates trade and deal flow between Africa, China, and select emerging markets.

For further information, go to http://www.standardbank.com