Investment Banking Division

The Investment Banking Division (IBD) at Askari focuses on origination and execution of a full range of financial advisory and capital raising services to corporate and institutional clients as well as actively managing the bank’s proprietary investments in the local equity and debt capital markets.

Whether your company is seeking to access the local or cross border syndications and debt capital markets, project financing needs, advisory services related to M&A or the local equity capital markets for raising capital, we are well positioned to provide due assistance. We can create and tailor the right structured solutions for your business needs in order to enhance shareholders’ wealth and your market competitiveness

Operating through three distinct units primarily Syndications & Debt Capital Markets, Project Finance & Advisory and Capital Markets, IBD offers various and tailored financial solutions including debt syndications, project finance and advisory services, debt placements through capital markets as well as structured trade finance facilities, and also complements the bank’s corporate debt and equity product capability through a full service Capital Markets desk dealing with the bank’s proprietary equity portfolio, CFS (Margin) financing and participating/underwriting primary equity issues.

Our investment banking team consists of highly qualified and experienced individuals from the local and international financial markets, ably supported by over 30 relationship managers out of 3 regions in the country, with well established execution experience and distribution capability.