OREANDA-NEWS. May 29, 2012. Renaissance Capital, the leading emerging markets investment bank, has underlined the quality of its established and expanding African research coverage by winning multiple awards from South Africa’s foremost weekly financial publication.

 In Financial Mail’s Analyst of the Year 2012 awards, published today, Renaissance Capital ranked No. 1 overall (unweighted), and No. 1 for Other African Economies and Markets. In addition, the Firm ranked No. 3 overall in Dealing.

 The awards are testament to Renaissance’s continued investment in strengthening its established Africa research franchise. With sophisticated research coverage spanning 16 African countries, Renaissance’s analysts provide a unique, independent perspective on their respective sectors of the economy and individual stocks – covering Africa and the broader EMEA markets.

 Commenting on the awards, David Nangle, Head of Research, Renaissance Capital, said, “The quality and depth of Renaissance Capital’s analysts, who live and work in the markets that they cover has enabled our research team to become an undisputed market leader across the Sub-Saharan Africa space. Continued strong performance in the Financial Mail rankings further underscores our Firm’s success in building the leading emerging markets research team, whose footprint beyond Africa extends to Russia, the CIS, Emerging Europe and Asia.”

Renaissance Capital’s rankings in the Financial Mail 2012 awards:

 Gerhard Engelbrecht – No. 1 – Oil

 Elna Moolman – No. 1 - Econometrics

 Johan Snyman – No. 1 - Electronics

 Emma Townshend – No. 2 – Platinum

 Adriana Benedetti - No 5 (unweighted) – Real Estate

 Christina Claassens – No 5 - Resources small cap

 David Ferguson – No 5 – Media

 Herman van Papendorp – No. 3 – Investment Strategy

 Ilan Stermer – No. 6 – Banks

 Jeanine Womersley – No. 4 - Hotels

 Johan Snyman – No. 3 – Comp Services

 Johan Snyman – No. 3 – Telecoms

 John Arron – No. 3 - Construction

 Mamokete Lijane – No. 2 – Fixed Income (1st unweighted)

 Mamokete Lijane – No. 5 – Credit Analysis

 Nothando Ndebele – No 3 - Africa (Other African Economies and Markets)

 Renda Rundle – No. 3 – Quants (2nd unweighted)

 Renda Rundle - Risk – 4th (1st unweighted)

 Rey Wium – No 2 – Investment companies

 Rey Wium – No 6 – Beverages

 Rey Wium – No. 1 – Luxury Goods

 Robyn Collins – No. 5 – Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals

 Robyn Collins – No. 6 - Food producers

 Yvonne Mhango – No. 4 - Africa (Other African Economies and Markets)