Investment Banking Division

ADIB’s Investment Banking division has two main functions: firstly, to manage ADIB's portfolio of listed and private equities and funds, strategic investments, income producing instruments such as Sukuks and real estate investments; and secondly, to develop and operate ADIB's investment products, asset management and investment placement business. The Investment Banking Department reviews all investment opportunities presented to ADIB or otherwise identified by it for inclusion in the proprietary portfolio or for structuring into an investment vehicle for ADIB’s clients. All investment proposals or funds must meet certain criteria set by an Investment Policy and must be further reviewed by ADIB’s Credit & Risk Committee and finally approved by ADIB’s Executive Committee. A guiding principal of structuring funds is that ADIB must be prepared to risk its own proprietary money in its own products. So co-investment is often part of a fund launch strategy.

The Investment Banking division is responsible for developing asset management products and services which are distributed to ADIB's customers by the Investment banking in the first instance and then by  Private banking, Royal banking, Retail, Commercial and Corporate divisions.