Investment Banking Overview
Strong Investment Banking activities are vital signs of a vibrant economy and investor confidence. Companies, projects, as well as governments turn to investment banks for support in sourcing the most efficient capital that matches their size, timing, and costing needs.
Investment Banking is all about empowering companies, projects and government entities to achieve their strategic goals by arranging the required capital and providing the suitable advice.
Our Investment Banking business is classified according to the nature of financing, largely between debt, equity, project, and asset financing strategies. Our role is to recommend the most attractive financing strategy that fits our business partners’ needs followed by raising capital in a timely manner.
Issuing securities and accessing capital markets can be a promising strategic decision for businesses looking for a long-term capital as well as commitment for governance. Openness to international markets and accessing global funding channels are extra edges we provide to our business partners.
Credit Finance Strategy
Credit Finance is a well-established and deep sized market that safely exceeds the size of equity markets by multiple times. The credit market spans overs multiple instruments, from a simple bank credit line to a sophisticated multi-currency global bond and Sukuk issuance.
Our Credit Finance Strategy is about structuring and raising credit to creditworthy corporate and sovereign borrowers from private and public credit markets.
Project/Asset Finance Strategy
Project Finance Strategy is a standalone funding strategy dedicated to greenfield and brownfield project developed by private sector developers, government entities or joint partnerships commonly known as public private partnerships (PPPs).
The main distinction is that it provides medium to long-term financing for projects based upon the projected cash flows of the project. The financing is typically secured by the project assets and the debt repayment is sourced from project cash flow with limited recourse to project sponsors.
Asset Finance is a similar strategy, with the main difference is that the underlying collateral is a tangible or intangible balance sheet asset.
Equity Finance Strategy
Equity Finance Strategy provides businesses seeking growth and recapitalization with access to private and public equity funding channels. The strategy also creates liquidity to shareholders looking to free up some of their equity investments.
Our Equity Finance Strategy is designed to accommodate long term relationships with carefully selected number of entities that have strong potential. The strategy provides full support for entities that have direct and quantifiable positive impact on the local economy.
Deal Advisory Strategy
Our Deal Advisory Strategy helps businesses to grow beyond the typical financing structures.
One of the main growth drivers can be through Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) synergies. M&As provides synergies in multiple forms, including the imminent increase in market share, accessing new types of clients and vendors, and cost reduction through economies of scale.
The strategy is further backed by transaction support services including the due diligence, value assessment and business planning
