Unicorn’s placement and relationship management capabilities are central to the Bank’s vision of delivering exceptional value to its clients. The Bank’s efforts in this regard rely on two centralised placement departments: Investment Development and Distribution (IDD) and Institutional Banking.
The IDD team is primarily involved in the placement of equity transactions, catering to high net worth individuals, financial institutions, corporations, governments/quasi-governmental organisations and family businesses. IDD is also actively involved in originating deals and assisting with the deal-structuring process. The team works closely with clients to understand their specific requirements, leveraging the entirety of Unicorn’s capabilities and expertise across the Bank’s various business lines to provide tailored products to meet these requirements. The activities of the IDD team are central to Unicorn’s efforts to be a long-term partner to clients, providing the reliability and counsel of a trusted advisor.
Unicorn’s Institutional Banking team is responsible for all capital markets debt and equity placements, as well as the placement of structured products with institutional investors. Institutional Banking is also responsible for correspondent banking relationships and for arranging the Bank’s short, medium and long-term funding facilities with local, regional and international financial institutions. Institutional Banking also works actively in conjunction with Treasury to market Shari’ah-compliant treasury products and services to corporate clients.