FBN Capital bags best investment bank award

FBN Capital Limited, a subsidiary
of FBN Holdings Plc,
has received Best Africa
Investment Bank Award’ for the
second consecutive year.

The award was conferred by
the Africa Investor Group, an international
investment and communications
firm, at the Ai Capital
Markets and Index Series Awards
2016 in New York.

A statement by the bank indicated
that the award was in recognition
of the nature, complexity,
and size of deals delivered by
FBN Capital.

The Managing Director, Margaret
Baale, was quoted as saying
that as the leading investment
bank and asset manager in Nigeria
for individual and institutional
investors was pleased to see its
efforts continuously recognized by
reputable local and international organizations.
She said: “Our priority is to constantly
raise the bar in delivering
excellent financing solutions for our
partners, and these awards are a
testament to our impressive results
as well as the value of the trust our
esteemed clients place in us”.

The Africa Investor Awards are
designed to recognize Africa’s best
performing stock exchanges, listed
companies, investment banks, research
teams, regulators, socially
responsible companies and fund
managers.

According to Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of Africa Investor,
Hubberts Dan So, for nearly a decade,
Africa investor has been proud
to host this platform to highlight the
best in African institutional and capital
market investment transactions.

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