FirstRand Limited · JSE:FSR

FirstRand — UBS Warburg Conference October 2002

43 slides from FirstRand's conference presentation, October 2002

  1. Slide 1: FirstRand International Strategy

    FirstRand International Strategy

  2. Slide 2: Agenda: strategic importance, guidelines, current position, clusters

    • Strategic importance • Strategic guidelines • Current position • Cluster overview

  3. Slide 3: Strategic importance of international

    • Greater emphasis as part of FirstRand’s outward focus • One of the components of the growth strategy • An evolving strategy

  4. Slide 4: Getting the basics right to outward focus

    Getting the basics right Outward focus Collaboration June June June 1998 2001 2002 International

  5. Slide 5: Agenda: strategic guidelines

    • Strategic importance • Strategic guidelines • Current position • Cluster overview

  6. Slide 6: Group clusters and strategy guideline formulation

    Group Cluster Division Profit Centres Market Segments Retail Corporate Wealth Health Strategy Guideline formulation and proposal

  7. Slide 7: Components of Strategy

    Components of Strategy We are a Not targeting Sustainable Extension of Rand % offshore competitive domestic specialist income advantage strategy FirstRand will No “one-size-fits-all” co-ordinate strategy from the centre Strategic alignment

  8. Slide 8: Cluster structure: Retail, Corporate, Wealth, Health, FRC

    Retail Corporate Wealth Health FRC

  9. Slide 9: Capital, Risk, Compliance

    • Centrally managed as for South Africa Capital • Includes Treasury function Risk • Holistic risk management Compliance • Co-ordinated tax, regulatory and capital monitoring

  10. Slide 10: Multi brand or single international brand?

    ? Multi brand as in South Africa? OR Single international brand?

  11. Slide 11: Agenda: current position

    • Strategic importance • Strategic guidelines • Current position • Cluster overview

  12. Slide 12: International versus local split

    ADGA 65/0 Including Translation Gains

  13. Slide 13: International versus local: return on capital

    INTERNATIONAL 28% LOCAL 72% Return on capital (excluding translation gains) => 11% Return on capital (including translation gains) => 20%

  14. Slide 14: International versus local split

    INTERNATIONAL 24% LOCAL 76%

  15. Slide 15: Our international operations are a significant size

    INTERNATIONAL 9% LOCAL 91% Our international operations are a significant size

  16. Slide 16: Agenda: cluster overview

    • Strategic importance • Strategic guidelines • Current position • Cluster overview

  17. Slide 17: Retail cluster

    Retail Corporate Wealth Health FRC

  18. Slide 18: African Subsidiaries: success story

    African Subsidiaries Success story: •ROC 30+% •20-30% Market share Universal banking Looking for growth - Africa

  19. Slide 19: African Subsidiaries net income before taxation

    African Subsidiaries • 20.5% of the retail cluster net income before taxation • Strong growth • Close to South Africa • Ability to use common infrastructural elements Net income before taxation R million 2002 2001 %change FNB Botswana 252 180 40.0 FNB Namibia 235 195 20.5 FNB Swaziland 24 15 60.0 Af

  20. Slide 20: Wesbank

    Wesbank • Looking for growth • High market share • Requirements: – Must have a partner – Must leverage off South African cost base • Looking at Africa, UK and Australia

  21. Slide 21: The Need for International Expansion?

    The Need for International Expansion? Our goals and • Find alternative sources of growth objectives • Leverage off our low rand cost base • Defend against and learn to compete against global competitors

  22. Slide 22: Why Africa?

    Why Africa? – Relative familiarity Potential – Exportable pockets of excellence African Opportunity – Closeness/shortness of supply lines – African country commitment to reform (i.e. NEPAD, IMF) – Strengthening bi-lateral relationships – Increased SA corporate investment in Africa (piggy back opport

  23. Slide 23: Corporate cluster

    Retail Corporate Wealth Health FRC

  24. Slide 24: Corporate cluster: presence and target markets

    Presence Target Market South Africa Africa Project Finance South Africa South African leg Structured Finance UK, Hong Kong, Africa, Australia, Trade Financing Australia Asia, UK, Europe Commodity Trading South Africa Africa South Africa, Australia, Africa Corporate Finance Australia South Africa, Au

  25. Slide 25: Lending, debt and equity markets presence

    Presence Target Market South Africa, Client led Corporate Lending Dublin US, Emerging South Africa Debt Market Market bonds Equity Market South Africa Cross-markets Electronic trade costing and Tradestream Dublin management system UK (London), Balance sheets (Banking Group Treasury) Dublin, Mauritiu

  26. Slide 26: Project Finance: African participation

    Project Finance Guinea Ghana Benin Cameroon Congo Zaire Zambia Angola Mozambique Botswana Zimbabwe Participates in projects & commodity transactions > $2.1bn

  27. Slide 27: Project Finance: clients and projects

    Project Finance Clients • Governments, parastatals, private sector companies Projects • Oil and gas • Infrastructure (ports, roads) • Telecommunications • Mining and beneficiation sectors • Power / energy Total assets grown by 90% (compounded annually)

  28. Slide 28: Project Finance: African transactions

    Project Finance • 42% of all new transactions closed are transactions in Africa • Number of transaction closed in Africa expected to exceed number of transactions closed in SA & outside Africa in near future • NIBT increased by 50% compound growth over the last two years to R100 million

  29. Slide 29: Financial Markets Capability

    Financial Markets Capability • 15 full time analysts, arbitrageurs and traders focus on non South African financial markets • US high yield corporates • Emerging market sovereigns and corporates • Various convertibles • Based in Johannesburg and London

  30. Slide 30: Resources

    Resources • Early stage investments in Resource Counters • Mostly in Africa

  31. Slide 31: Trade Services

    Trade Services • Single electronic platform • Low cost producer • White-labelling for African banks • ISO 9001 - first in Africa • Multiple delivery channels • Some complex structuring

  32. Slide 32: Trade Services growth

    Trade Services Growth • Trade Services: Internationalisation – NIBT increased by 83% & 100% respectively over the last 2 yrs from R23m to over R100m

  33. Slide 33: Why Success in Africa

    Why Success in Africa….. • African success driven by : – Jurisdiction knowledge – Personal relationships – Risk understanding and appetite – Origination capability – Quick issue resolution

  34. Slide 34: Strategic Intent

    Strategic Intent • Origination – SA related – Africa – Deal by deal in other emerging markets • Secondary markets trading, arbitrage and distribution • Opportunistic approach • Exploit retail footprint in Africa

  35. Slide 35: Wealth cluster

    Retail Corporate Wealth Health FRC

  36. Slide 36: Wealth Management

    Wealth Management Fiduciary and Retail Asset Multi Manager; Private Banking Management Institutional & Retail 13,000 clients 6,000 clients 2,600 clients $1.6bn assets $1.5bn assets under under management management Combined as single Private Wealth Management entity

  37. Slide 37: Geographical Distribution - Ashburton Clients

    Geographical Distribution - Ashburton Clients Channel Islands 31% South Africa 46% East Africa 7% Europe 16%

  38. Slide 38: Geographical Distribution - Ansbacher Clients

    Geographical Distribution - Ansbacher Clients Carribean 23% Channel Islands 77%

  39. Slide 39: International Asset Management Capability

    International Asset Management Capability Retail Institutional Fundamental Ashburton $1.6bn Multi-management MIMM * MIMM $0.5bn $1bn * Including hedge funds

  40. Slide 40: Ansbacher Funds Flow

    Ansbacher Funds Flow Deposits from Fiduciary business on Ansbacher islands London Property Private Financial Finance Client Markets Lending

  41. Slide 41: Top of the mind

    Top of the mind • Brand • Cross-sell • Distribution

  42. Slide 42: International: differentiated niche player

    • International a significant component • On the radar screen • Will evolve along cluster lines • Collaboration • Africa Differentiated niche player

  43. Slide 43: FirstRand

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