GIB Capital takes 4 EMEA Finance awards
GIB Capital, a Riyadh-based regional investment banking and asset management arm of Gulf International Bank (GIB), has won awards in four categories in the EMEA Finance Middle East Banking Awards 2018.
The awards for the 11th year are recognizing the achievements of the best banks, asset managers and brokers in countries across the Middle East.
Recognizing GIB Capital’s continued regional market leadership across investment banking products, EMEA Finance named GIB Capital as the “Best Investment Bank in the Middle East,” “Best Local Investment Bank — Saudi Arabia” and “Best Local Investment Bank — Bahrain,” each for the third consecutive year. GIB Capital was also named the “Best Foreign Investment Bank — Oman” for the second consecutive year.
Osamah Mohammed Shaker, CEO of GIB Capital, said: “We’re extremely proud of the work that GIB Capital is doing for our clients across the GCC and of the recognition and confidence we continue to enjoy from the market for excellence in investment banking. The continued recognition that we have received across a number of geographies under- scores our position as a leading player in our core markets.”
During the 12-month review period for the EMEA Finance awards, GIB Capital completed over $17 billion in capital market transactions including sovereign issuances for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman. GIB Capital also assisted the shareholders of Saudi Tabreed District Cooling Company with the sale of a minority shareholding to IDB Infrastructure Fund II, in which the major investors include the Islamic Development Bank (IDB),
Public Investment
Fund (PIF), Public
Pension Agency
(PPA) of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of
Finance of Bahrain and the Ministry of
Finance of Brunei
Darussalam.
In another landmark transaction, GIB Capital assisted the shareholders of Byrne Equipment Rental Company with the sale of 100 percent shareholding to a consortium of investors including CITIC Pacific, a Chinese sovereign wealth fund, and V-Power, a Chinese company engaged in power generation.
EMEA Finance is among the leading information sources for the finance industry, delivering compelling and relevant reporting about the activities, challenges and opportunities that exist in one of the world’s most dynamic and emerging regions — the combined emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa. Awards are set to be presented to winners at the magazine’s annual awards ceremony taking place in Dubai in February 2019.