Investment Banking

Our Business

UMB Investment Holdings offers tailor-made corporate finance and advisory solutions to private and institutional clients, and also to government ministries, departments and agencies. Being one of Ghana’s premier investment banks with over four decades of experience, we have executed several successful transactions in Ghana and have made significant contributions toward the development of the Ghanaian capital market.

We have a rich clientele base and strong relationships with the stakeholders in Ghana’s capital market.

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Our Services

Corporate Finance and Advisory

The corporate finance and advisory team combine its wealth of financial, commercial and technical expertise to provide a full range of advisory services to assist clients evaluate an opportunity or execute a transaction. We develop and offer tailor- made corporate finance and advisory solutions to both individual and institutional clients across several sectors including financial (banking and insurance), real estate, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, agribusiness, education and transportation just to mention a few.

Capital Markets

Debt Capital Markets

Our Debt Capital Markets (DCM) solutions include debt origination, structuring, syndication and issuance. The DCM team efficiently delivers innovative solutions to assist clients to raise debt from the Ghanaian market. Our comprehensive range of solutions enables our clients to leverage debt to spur their growth, execute acquisitions, restructure existing debt and ultimately enhance shareholder value.

Equity Capital Markets

Our Equity Capital Market (ECM) solutions to institutions seeking to raise equity or quasi-equity include financial advisory and issuing house services for initial public offers (IPO), private placements by listed and unlisted companies, and additional equity raising. Through collaborations with our affiliate company UMB Stockbrokers, we have successfully executed several IPOs and private placements in the Ghanaian capital market.

Our capital market services we offer include:

Debt and/or Equity advisory
Debt conversion and buybacks
Listed and Unlisted Bond Issues, IPOs, Rights Issues, and Private Placements, Commercial Papers
Restructuring of both public and private institutions
Negotiations
Special situations

Mergers and Acquisitions

We offer tailor-made advice and guidance for mergers and acquisition (M&A) to enable the realization of synergies and unlocking of value. We have been involved in significant M&A transactions in Ghana involving both local and international parties, all of which have contributed to the growth of the Ghanaian capital market.

Our M&A related services we offer include:

Spin-offs and carve outs
Asset disposal
Reverse mergers
Special situations

Structured Finance

Our Experience

Dannex Ayrton Starwin merger	GOIL Bonus Issue	PZ Cussons Bonus Issue	CFAO Tender Offer and De-listing
Accra Brewery Tender Offer and De-listing	Fidelity Bank Rights Issue and Private Placement	CFAO Conversion of Preference Shares to Ordinary Shares	HFC Bank Rights Issue
Anglogold Ashanti Rights Issue	SIC Insurance Company IPO	SIC Insurance Company IPO	British American Tobacco Tender Offer and De-listing
Ghana Telecom Bond Issue	Anglogold and Ashanti Goldfields Merger and Listing	Accra Brewery Rights Issue	Société Genérale Acquisition of SSB Bank
Ghana Breweries Corporate Restructuring and Rights Issue	CFAO Rights Issue	HFC Bank Floatation and Listing of USD Denominated Housing Bonds	British American Tobacco Merger with Meridian Tobacco
Mechanical Lloyd IPO	SSB Bank Privatisation	Ashanti Goldfields Privatisation

Our People

Francis Nyoagbe

Executive director