Commercial Bank of Ceylon has entered into a collaborative alliance with Asia Securities Holdings (Private) Limited, to provide investment banking services to customers of both companies.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions paves the way for a wide range of investment banking services to be provided to corporate customers.
These include equity and debt capital raising through listed and unlisted instruments, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory, shareholder value maximisation advisory, and corporate financial restructuring advisory services.
The MoU was signed on behalf of the two parties by S. Renganathan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Bank and Dumith Fernando, Chairman of Asia Securities Holdings.
The alliance strengthens the position of both parties in the investment banking space. The combined teams would provide their customers with strong structuring, valuation and issue management capabilities, market knowledge and strategic insights, and the ability to source investments from investor categories encompassing local and overseas institutional, high net worth and retail investors.
The collaborative alliance also holds potential for further collaborations in future between the two parties in other related areas, the Bank said.
The Investment Banking Unit of Commercial Bank executes the investment banking business of the Bank and has established a strong position in the investment banking space specialising in equity and debt fund raising assignments both public and private, and in valuation, structuring and corporate advisory.
The unit fulfills an important role in the strategy of Commercial Bank, positioning it as a universal bank with the ability to provide a comprehensive, combined offering of commercial banking and investment banking services to its customers, thereby meeting a wide range of customer needs and providing customer convenience.
Asia Securities Holdings is a leading investment banking firm in Sri Lanka.
Its origins date back to the founding, in 1990, of its affiliate Asia Securities (Pvt) Ltd, which was acquired in 2015 by a consortium led by Dumith Fernando. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, the firm serves corporate and investor clients across a range of services - capital raising, corporate advisory, equity brokerage and wealth management.
Asia Securities isthe local partner for several leading global financial services firms and has recently been internationally awarded for its best-in-class investment research, stock broking and mergers and acquisition services. In the recent past, the firm’s investment banking unit has successfully managed several big-ticket transactions including two of the largest transactions on the CSE.
Commenting on the alliance, Asia Securities Chairman, Dumith Fernando said, “We are excited by the unique value proposition this will offer to clients, in combining the capabilities of Sri Lanka’s largest listed bank with the country’s most globally-experienced investment banking team.”
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