Cash Management

Sourcing deposits is a key activity of the Treasury division and traditionally the rates offered are amongst the highest in the market.

Lending

CORPORATE:

Corporate Lending is handled by an experienced team of relationship bankers, who provide innovative solutions to the financing needs of South Africa’s corporates.

Financial instruments include:

• Term loans
• Overdraft facilities
• Preference share funding
• Equity funding
• Financing of BEE initiatives
   

PROPERTY:

Grindrod Bank has a strategic focus on commercial and industrial property finance. It offers a variety of funding solutions including vanilla loans, mezzanine, equity and combinations of all three. The funding approach is individualised, placing reliance on the property fundamentals, the financial strength of the owner together with that of the covenant.

With national representation, the experienced team prides itself on quick turnaround times and personalised service.

INVOICE DISCOUNTING:

Invoice Discounting is a confidential facility designed to accelerate the working capital of a business. Essentially it is an ‘overdraft’ secured by a company’s debtors’ ledger.

Far more flexible than an overdraft, the facility caters for growth in the trading activities of the business, and for the fact that it is continually unlocking the value created by increased sales to a quality customer base. Invoice Discounting is ideal for growing companies in the corporate sector.

TRADE FINANCE:

Complementing the established invoice discounting business, and in conjunction with Rand Asia and China Construction Bank, the division also offers the specialised service of Trade Finance.

Corporate Finance

The bank has extensive experience in originating, negotiating and executing transactions across a range of corporate finance disciplines, including:

• Mergers and acquisitions
• Fairness opinions and valuations
• Due diligence reviews
• Capital restructurings
• Capital raising
• Initial Public Offerings (IPO's)
• BEE transactions
   

As a JSE Registered Sponsor and Designated Advisor, the team provides a comprehensive service to both listed companies and companies seeking to list on the main board of the JSE.

Grindrod Bank is the exclusive African member of M&A International Inc, one of the largest alliances of independent advisory and investment banking firms worldwide (47 member firms in 41 countries) and capable of undertaking acquisitions, divestitures, funding and joint ventures from identification to closure anywhere in the world.

Card Issuing

Grindrod Bank’s retail operation provides banking services to consumers via intermediaries registered with the Financial Services Board. Under this licensing agree-ment, these intermediaries enter into a co-branding relationship with Grindrod Bank, as the issuer of the co-branded Maestro® Card or MasterCard® debit card.

Some of the co-branding programmes to date include the ‘Premier ADVantage’ card, ‘NET1 - Fidelity Wage’ card and the ‘EasyPay’ debit card. Grindrod Bank is a MasterCard® issuer and a full participant in the South African National Payments System.

Investment Products

Investment Products offer unit trusts and structured products for both individual and corporate investors.

The following unit trusts make up investment products:

• The Grindrod Diversified Preference Share Fund, which invests primarily in listed preference shares
• The Grindrod Global Property Income Fund, which invests primarily in global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in a ZAR denominated fund
• The Grindrod International Property Fund, which invests primarily in global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in a USD denominated fund Structured products include:
• The Grindrod Investments Trust, which invests in guaranteed preference shares (underwritten by A1+ rated banks and life assurance houses)