South African bank Investec, which boosted its corporate broking business in December with the acquisition of Evolution Securities, has been picked as one of two new corporate advisers to a FTSE 250 UK technology provider.

Halma, a safety, health and sensor technology provider with a £1.5bn market capitalisation, today appointed Investec and Credit Suisse as joint brokers. The previous broker, JP Morgan Cazenove was appointed in February 2009.