Report
David Talpert ...
  • Harry Botha
  • Warwick Bam

Avior Financials | Sanlam | MMI | Transaction Capital | JSE | Standard Bank | First Rand | Barclays Africa

•SLM's FY'17 results based on an analysis of the change in the director's valuation (GEV). The return on GEV for the period was 14.8%, ahead of management's SA risk free rate plus 4% target. The GEV increased 10% YoY while the SLM share price increased 36% in CY'17. SLM currently trades at a 58% premium to the director's valuation.

•SLM and SNT's purchase of the remaining 53.37% of SAHAM Finances through SEM. SAHAM Finances appears sub-scale with an underwriting margin of -0.7% in FY'17 (FY'16: -3.7%) and a claims ratio of 69% (FY'16: 66%). With a 79% YoY increase in gross written premiums for FY'17, we believe the c.24x forward PE multiple paid for SAHAM could unwind.

•MMI's H1'18 results and our thoughts on the new dividend policy.

•TCP's pre-close statement. TCP have maintained its H1 ‘18f guidance, noting a robust performance from TCRS. However, the founding shareholders placed shares worth R1.2bn in an accelerated bookbuild reducing the holding from 41% to 29.2%.

•JSE trading statistics to 2 Mar '18. Equity value traded increased 29% YoY.

•SBK's FY'17 results which exceeded our expectations

•FSR's H1'18 results surprised with 10% YoY NIR growth.
Underlyings
Barclays Africa Group Ltd

Barclays Africa Group is engaged in provision of personal and business banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management as well as bancassurance. Co. operates in three business segments; Retail and Business Banking (RBB) delivers targeted solutions to individuals and small businesses; Corporate, Investment Bank and Wealth operates a global model, leveraging their offerings, tapping into global expertise to provide comprehensive solutions across borders; and Financial Services cluster enhances the RBB customer and client value proposition with financial solutions.

FirstRand Limited

FirstRand is a holding company, engaged in providing banking, insurance and investment products and services to retail, commercial, corporate and public sector customers. Co.'s segment comprised of: First National Bank (FNB), which is engaged in providing transactional and deposit-taking, card acquiring, credit facilities and FNB distribution channels; Rand Merchant Bank, which is engaged in providing advisory, financing, trading, corporate banking and principal investing solutions; and WesBank, which is engaged in providing vehicle and asset finance in the retail, commercial and corporate segments operating through alliances and JVs with motor manufacturers, suppliers and dealer groups.

JSE
JSE

JSE provides a range of products and services from trading to post-trade services and market data sales relying on automated systems. Co.'s segmants include: Cash Equities, which provides trading in equities, warrants and exchange-traded products; equity and currency derivatives, which provides trading in currency futures and options; Commodity derivatives, which provides trading in agricultural grain products and cash-settled rand-denominated derivatives on various international benchmark commodities; interest rate market, which provides trading in interest rate products in both the cash and the derivative Markets; and Market data, which sells live, statistical, historical and data.

Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited

MMI is a financial services company, engaged in providing a range of products and administration services, including life and short-term insurance, employee benefits, medical scheme and asset management, to clients in selected African and other countries. Co.'s divisions include: Momentum Retail; Metropolitan Retail; Momentum Employee Benefits; International; Momentum Investments; Metropolitan Health; and Shareholder Capital, which includes Momentum Short-term Insurance, the Balance Sheet Management business unit, MMI Rewards, other support services and growth initiatives.

Sanlam Limited

Sanlam is a financial services company, engaged in providing financial solutions to individuals and institutional clients. Co.'s solutions include life insurance; general insurance; investment management, which include retail savings, asset management and wealth management; credit and structuring; and administration, health and other such as estate planning, trusts, wills and health management. Co.'s segments include: Sanlam Personal Finance; Sanlam Emerging Markets; Sanlam Investments, which includes Investment Management, Capital Management and Sanlam Employee Benefits; Santam; and Corporate and Other.

Standard Bank Group Limited

Standard Bank Group is a financial services company. Co.'s business units include: Personal & Business Banking, which comprised of Mortgage lending, Instalment sale and finance leases, Card products, Transactional and lending products, and Bancassurance and wealth; Corporate & Investment Banking, which comprised of Global markets, Transactional Products and services, Investment banking, and Real estate and principal investment management; Liberty, which include life insurance and investment management activities; and Central and other, which include the Tutuwa initiative, group hedging activities, group capital instruments and group surplus capital and strategic acquisition costs.

Transaction Capital

Transaction Capital Limited is a South Africa-based investment holding company. The Company operates as a non-deposit taking financial services company. The Company's segments include SA Taxi, Transaction Capital Risk Services, and Group executive office. The Company operates in two principal areas: SA Taxi and Transaction Capital Risk Services. SA Taxi is a vertically integrated taxi platform utilizing specialist capabilities and data to deploy developmental credit and allied business services to manage small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).It has designed its own insurance products that it sells through its own insurance cell captive entity. Transaction Capital risk services division is a provider of customer management and capital solutions through a platform, enabling its clients to mitigate risk through their customer engagement lifecycle. It provides a range of services to SMEs, which include property and trade financing, as well as invoice discounting.

Provider
Avior Capital Markets
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David Talpert

Harry Botha

Warwick Bam

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