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Kuben Chetty, Head Commercial Clients, KZN Mano Singh, Head, Insurance, Assets Management &
Fiduciary – KZN
organisation in order to achieve our strategic Standard Bank Wealth KwaZulu-Natal seamlessly
priorities of client centricity and integration. delivers wealth solutions to our clients to grow,
preserve, and manage their individual needs. Our
We want to become a marketplace and ecosystem-
based business — one that connects clients to a host purpose is to provide financial peace of mind by
of products and services across a common platform, enabling our clients to achieve their wealth ambitions
facilitating client to client engagement, while also through best of breed solutions: Investments
offering our products and services where required. (Investment Planning, Offshore Investing, Online
While doing all of this we continue to offer a wide range Share Trading), Insurance (Standard Insurance
of solutions to our customers, from the most basic to the Limited Standard Bank Insurance Brokers, Standard
most sophisticated of financial services, thanks to our Bank’s Direct Life Insurance Services), Fiduciary
dedicated business units with specialist staff. Services (Estate Planning, Wills Drafting and Safe
Keeping, Estate Administration, and Trust Services
Our Business Banking and Small Enterprises segments and Beneficiary Care).
are strategically aligned across KwaZulu-Natal and
offer specialist expertise in the following key sectors; Our Wealth and Investment Philosophy centres on
Franchising, Agriculture, Public Sector, Shari’ah, Chinese managing, growing, and protecting the generational
Banking, Health, Legal and Education Sectors. wealth of our clients and their families. High Net
worth individuals and families come to us for a
Our Retail Banking division aims to deliver a Universal combination of our investment skills, and thoughtful
Financial Services Offering with a wide range of personal service delivered through a professional
solutions that are tailored to suit individual client needs team of Relationship and Wealth Managers.
throughout all journeys in their lives. Our solutions range
from student banking to young professionals, private We are excited about having just set up a fully-
and prestige banking and small and medium enterprises. fledged Family Office Platform within Wealth and
Investment which we believe will compete with
Our Business Banking segment comprises six suites some of best Family Offices globally and be first to
spanning the entire KZN, across all municipal boundaries market from a South African context.
and covering key sectors such as Public Sector, Agri-
culture and Franchising. Through our dedicated and We know that our commercial success, social
highly skilled teams, we can deliver a holistic customer relevance, and sustainability depends on having a
value proposition to our Business and Entrepreneur deep understanding of our clients’ business. This
Banking customers as their trusted advisors. places a responsibility on us to focus on solving for
the customer in everything we do.
Our Commercial Banking offering knows Africa and
China. Through our extensive network in Africa, Focussing on what matters most to our clients lies at
China (in partnership with ICBC) and global strategic the heart of our business. We are constantly striving
banking relationships; we work to understand the to create exceptional client experiences which are
needs of our clients, and provide trusted advice built on confidence, trust, thought leadership and
and appropriate solutions that consider the risks, an unwavering commitment to solutioning for our
regulatory environment and realities in these markets. clients’ needs in the most appropriate way.

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