Brait is an international investment and financial services group
focused on private equity, specialised funds management, corporate
finance and strategic investing. It is listed on the Luxembourg, London
and Johannesburg stock exchanges, with shareowners' funds of
US$158 million at 31 March 2006.
As an international group, we operate and invest in South Africa, sub-
Saharan Africa, Europe and North America.We provide a wide range of
investment and specialised financial services to a substantial client
base that includes listed and unlisted companies, financial and
government institutions and high net worth individuals.
Our private equity activities involve the management of third party capital in a fund format and leveraging our skills, insights and relationships by making medium to long-term investments in our private equity funds and proprietary investments.
Our specialised funds activities pioneered the formation of a unique
hedge funds product designed for South African institutional investors and has shown excellent results in its first four years of funds
management.
Brait's corporate finance capability effectively addresses client and
group needs with the emphasis on debt advisory services focusing on
structuring and distribution of debt products.
Brait's group investment activities houses the group's strategic
investments of which the group's interest in Bayport, a sub-Saharan
microlending and financial services provider, is the most significant. |