group holdings limited type public jse afh industry insurance financial services founded 1935 headquarters sandton south africa key people sello moloko chairman andrew darfoor ceo deon viljoen cfo products insurance and asset & fund management revenue zar 4.39 billion 2013 14 net income zar 379 million 2013 14 total assets zar 266 billion 2013 14 total equity zar 4.84 billion 2013 14 1 number of employees 3 912 website homepage alexander forbes group holdings commonly referred to as alexander forbes is a specialized financial services group with its head office in sandton south africa and business interests in africa europe and the middle east . established in 1935 the group was listed on the johannesburg stock exchange jse in 2014 . alexander forbes provides professional financial advice and financial products to individuals businesses and institutions . 2 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 operations 3.1 africa 3.2 europe 3.3 middle east 4 shareholding 5 external links 6 see also 7 references overview edit alexander forbes s main business focus is in employee benefits solutions for institutional corporate clients and the financial well being of its retail individual clients . the main services provided by the group include retirement funds and asset consulting actuarial consulting investment and administration services insurance employee risk benefits and healthcare consulting . 3 history edit alexander forbes operations date back to the consolidation of insurance agencies in south africa in 1935 when the original business was founded as price forbes later changing its name to price forbes life and pension brokers in 1955 . 3 in the 1970s price forbes life and pension brokers began diversifying its range of services to include fund administration employee benefit consulting and actuarial services as well as retirement and estate planning . this was with the aim of meeting their client needs . due to the diversification the business name was changed to price forbes employee benefits consultants . 3 following a number of acquisitions by the group in the early 1980s the name was changed to alexander forbes financial services . since then affs has grown to become a leading employee benefits consultancy in africa developing a number of pioneering solutions along the way . 3 the group commenced international expansion in 1990 with the establishment of a small insurance brokerage operation in london and jersey which the group later expanded through the acquisition of nelson hurst plc. the insurance brokerage business was also expanded into other african countries in order to continue servicing south african corporate clients which were expanding into these markets . in 2002 the group further expanded its international financial services business through the acquisition of a 60 % interest in lane clark & peacock lcp a leading actuarial consultancy firm in the uk . this was followed by further acquisitions of the businesses that formed investment solutions in the uk alexander forbes consultants and actuaries afca uk and media insurance services direct marketing and the expansion of lcp into belgium ireland the netherlands and switzerland . between 2012 and 2014 the group disposed of a number of these interests including the sale of afca uk investment solutions uk media insurance services lcp switzerland and alexander forbes trustee services to focus on its core markets . 3 in 2006 actis capital llp ethos private equity ltd and harbourvest partners llc made an offer of zar 7.4 billion rand usd 980million for the acquisition of the entire stock of alexander forbes other than 30 % that was held by staff and b bbee partner shanduka group . 4 the deal was said to be the largest and most complex leveraged buy outs ever undertaken in africa . 5 this led to the delisting of alexander forbes from the jse . on 24 july 2014 alexander forbes announced an offer for shares to existing shareholders institutional investors and to other selected investors . the offer shares were for sale at a price between zar 6.90 and zar 8.05 per share . 6 the offer had deutsche bank ag morgan stanley & company and rand merchant bank as its book runners . 3 the ipo managed to raise zar 3.7 billion usd 345 million . 7 this ipo marked alexander forbes return to the jse since its exit in 2006 . operations edit alexander forbes has operations in the following regions africa edit botswana kenya namibia nigeria south africa uganda zambia europe edit belgium gibraltar ireland jersey netherlands united kingdom middle east edit abu dhabi shareholding edit as at 30 september 2014 the shareholding of alexander forbes group holdings was as follows 1 alexander forbes group holdings stock ownership structure rank name of owner percentage ownership 1 alexander forbes management 0.59 2 management trust co investment trust & alexander forbes mst funding spv 1.53 3 b bbee shareholders & alexander forbes staff trust 3.27 4 private equity consortium i.e. actis ethos ontario harborvest cdpq 14.30 5 mercer africa 14.90 6 others via the jse 65.41 total 100.00 external links edit alexander forbes group holdings company overview of alexander forbes group holdings limited mercer africa see also edit economy of south africa references edit a b alexander forbes group holdings integrated annual report 2013 14 pdf . alexander forbes group holdings . 31 march 2014 . retrieved 16 october 2014 . alexander forbes commences trading on the jse pdf . alexander forbes . 24 july 2014 . retrieved 16 october 2014 . a b c d e f alexander forbes group holdings limited pre listing statement pdf . alexander forbes group holdings limited . 7 july 2014 . retrieved 16 october 2014 . wessels vernon 19 october 2006 . actis group offers 7.4 billion rand for alex forbes update2 . http www.bloomberg.com . bloomberg llp . retrieved 16 october 2014 . external link in website help actis investments alexander forbes . actis capital llp . retrieved 16 october 2014 . alexander forbes group holdings limited abridged pre listing statement pdf . http www.sharenet.co.za . sharenet . 24 july 2014 . retrieved 16 october 2014 . external link in website help alexander forbes raises 345m in ipo . http www.biznews.com . biznews . 18 july 2014 . retrieved 16 october 2014 . external link in website help retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alexander forbes group holdings & oldid 737742189 categories companies based in sandtoninsurance companies of south africacompanies established in 1935companies listed on the johannesburg stock exchangefinancial services companies of south africa1935 establishments in south africahidden categories cs1 errors external linksengvarb from october 2014use dmy dates from october 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom 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