Roundup: South African Bank Enters U.S. Securities Market

JOHANNESBURG - Amalgamated Banks of South Africa Ltd., the country's biggest banking group, said it has entered the U.S. securities market by purchasing the New York-based brokerage firm Saicor Securities Inc.

The firm will be renamed ABSA Securities Inc. and will be headed by Jan- Arne Farstad.

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