NBK Capital
Watani Investment Company (NBK Capital) is a financial services firm with operations across the Middle East. NBK Capital was established in July 2005 as a fully owned subsidiary of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), the largest Kuwaiti bank and the highest rated in the Middle East. NBK Capital focuses on four principal lines of business: Alternative Investments, Asset Management, Brokerage and Investment Banking. NBK Capital operates regionally in Kuwait, Dubai, Egypt and Turkey with over 170 investment professionals. NBK Capital’s Investment Banking group sells advisory services (whether debt, equity or M&A advisory) to clients across sectors . The Alternative Investments group at NBK Capital manages three funds under its two main divisions – • Private Equity – • Mezzanine – The Asset Management group manages 49 investment funds with assets under management exceeding $10.2 billion. The funds are diversified across asset classes and include Money Markets, Equities, Islamic, Alternative Investments, and Real Estate. The Brokerage group at NBK Capital provides a full brokerage service which offers online, institutional, and personal brokerage services. This comes hand in hand with the published research, in which NBK Capital aims to provide objective fundamental research on Middle East and North Africa (MENA) capital markets. In  April 2015, NBK Capital acted as joint lead manager in the launching of a $700 million bond by the National Bank of Kuwait.