OREANDA-NEWS. Renaissance Capital, a leading emerging and frontier markets bank, is pleased to announce that Rey Wium has been appointed Head of South African Research.

Based in Johannesburg, Mr. Wium heads up Renaissance Capital's top-ranked team of research analysts with coverage across a broad spectrum of sectors in that geography.

Since joining Renaissance Capital in 2010 from Nedbank Securities, Mr. Wium has been one of the Firm's top-ranked and most-prominent analysts in the SA space. He continues to be top ranked in the categories of luxury goods and tobacco, with prominent rankings in beverages and investment companies.

Mr. Wium has 20 years of research experience, having previously worked at Nedbank, Afrifocus, ING Financial Markets and BoE NatWest. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with a master's degree in accounting.

David Nangle, Head of Research for Renaissance Capital, commented: "Rey is a true professional and, like all good leaders at Renaissance Capital, he leads from the front and by example. He was a natural choice for the role, and we fully support him in his future success."

Renaissance Capital was ranked third on a brokerage-weighted basis in the 2014 Financial Mail analyst rankings and second in terms of assets under management. Mr. Wium has been ranked first in luxury goods and tobacco by Financial Mail for the past seven years (2008-2014); he ranked second in investment holding companies and fourth in beverages in 2014.