WASHINGTON D.C., USA AND JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA\u00a0–\u00a0Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0– 12 April 2021 –\u00a0Delphos International<\/a> (Delphos) today agreed a strategic partnership
Delphos Co-Chair, Bart Turtelboom<\/p>\n
Mesh Pillay, Chief Executive of YW Capital<\/p>\n
The partnership combines the two firms’
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Delphos Co-Chair, Bart Turtelboom: “I am thrilled to begin this new
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The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the global
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Mesh Pillay, Chief Executive of YW Capital comments: “Our partnership
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Capital flows to emerging markets typically
Similarly, the value proposition for
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While each firm has formidable transaction
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“Our combined track record and experience creates a comprehensive and
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This exciting collaboration can help companies
Institutions and strategic investors can also
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\nmarkets, agreed the deal with YW Capital, a South African financial advisory
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\nspecialisms. Delphos is industry-leading in structuring emerging market
\ntransactions and relationships with international Development Financial
\nInstitutions (DFIs). YW Capital’s international footprint focuses on
\nlong-standing relationships with companies, state-owned entities and
\ngovernments operating in Africa. The collaboration combines a track record
\nspanning c. US $37bn in capital raised and transaction experience across 86
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\nrelationship between Delphos and YW Capital. YW’s relationships
\nthroughout\u00a0Africa\u00a0are a great compliment to Delphos’ uniquely strong understanding of
\nDFIs as we work together to unlock capital for projects across the African
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\neconomy has fuelled a potential redress of business fundamentals, specifically
\ntransforming the manner in which investors perceive the relative risk profiles
\nfor opportunities in developed and emerging economies. Since the beginning of
\n2021, expansionary developed market monetary policy, rising commodity prices, and
\neffective COVID-19 vaccines, have been converging to drive global capital flows
\nto emerging markets. This is likely to overshadow the challenging domestic
\nfundamentals among African markets and reboot growth in most economies,
\nsupporting local currency assets. Consequently, YW Capital and Delphos have
\nrecognised the need for an assimilation of focused business interests,
\nleveraging each other’s independent platforms and perspectives, to foster new
\ncommercial opportunities with combined global reach. <\/p>\n
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\nwith Delphos seeks to develop a premier platform for facilitating international
\ncapital raising transactions between corporates and investors seeking quality
\nopportunities within the emerging-and-frontier-markets in Africa.”<\/p>\n
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\naccelerate following global recessions. Entrepreneurs and companies in the
\nmid-to-large cap range based in Africa and seeking a path to new growth funding
\ncan benefit from an integrated advisory partner with global reach and direct
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\ninternational investors seeking bespoke equity placement and debt capital
\nraising in Africa, is resolute. The combined client universe now benefits from
\naccess to international and local DFIs, sovereign funds, pension funds, asset
\nmanagement funds, as well as international family offices and high-net-worth
\ninvestors. YW Capital and Delphos together present a compelling offer to
\nparticipants conducting business on the continent. Within this context, the
\nfirms believe that the second half of 2021, while not without risk, has the
\npotential to be record-setting for their partnership and for Africa.<\/p>\n
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\nexperience on the continent, there are synergies to be extracted from the
\npartnership which result in enhanced outcomes for their clients. <\/p>\n
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\npandemic, USA equity markets have continued a strong level of activity. In
\nparticular, both the size and number of IPOs rose sharply in 2020, with
\ndisclosed values reaching their highest levels since the global recession more
\nthan a decade ago. In addition, a significant proportion of the IPO growth
\nstemmed from the spike in SPAC activity, an increasingly important alternative
\nfor African entrepreneurs\u00a0seeking first time capital allocations. Over the
\npast year, YW Capital has been developing a platform in the USA, offering
\nAfrican companies the potential to directly attract new investor interest,
\nthrough both the private and public markets. This is complemented by YW
\nCapital’s partnership with Delphos, who, with their USA presence in\u00a0<\/span>Washington DC, New York and Miami, contributes a
\nnetwork of offices and relationships in Hong Kong, Canada, the United Kingdom
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\ncompelling offering for our clients \u2013 we look forward to further developing the
\nAfrican equity story with the Delphos team,” Pillay concludes.<\/p>\n
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\nand entrepreneurs conducting business on the African continent, including inter alia <\/i>organisations:<\/p>\n
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\naccess to capital, whether through private placement or via public offering;<\/li>\n
\nan introduction to strategic stakeholders, including those with financial
\ncapital and \/ or those with non-financial value unlocking potential;<\/li>\n
\ngrowth opportunities, through accretive and acquisitive action;<\/li>\n
\ncomplex equity markets, domestically or internationally, as it relates to any
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\nbenefit, especially with the following objectives in mind:<\/p>\n
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\ndeployment of capital on a mandated or bespoke basis;<\/li>\n
\nintroductions to qualifying opportunities in emerging and frontier markets;<\/li>\n
\nin navigating African capital markets to place financial capital within the
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