SHUAA Capital psc maintains a leadership position in its five core business lines Investment Banking, Asset Management, Brokerage, Private Equity, and Finance. SHUAA Capital is a public shareholding company regulated by the UAE Central Bank and listed on the Dubai Financial Market.

Headquartered in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, SHUAA Capital has a regional presence with offices in Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Doha, Cairo, Beirut and Istanbul. Embedded in the dynamic economic environment of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), SHUAA Capital provides a broad range of financial services to corporations, governments, institutional clients, and high net worth individuals.

Since 1979, SHUAA Capital has played a prominent role in shaping the financial services landscape of the GCC and will continue to be at the vanguard of regional integration into global financial markets.

The Investment Banking Group provides corporate finance advisory as well as equity and debt capital markets, structured investments and other services. SHUAA was ranked first in the UAE, with a 100% market share and second across the GCC with a 25% market share in 2007/08. At a global level SHUAA was ranked 18th in initial public offerings in 2007/08.

SHUAA Asset Management’s core proprietary products are the single strategy Gateway Funds first introduced in the year 2000. The flagship product, the Arab Gateway Fund, is predominantly invested in GCC markets.

SHUAA Securities is the brokerage and portfolio advisory services division. SHUAA Securities offers clients access to 14 exchanges in 12 GCC and MENA markets through one single platform.

SHUAA Partners manages three private equity funds, as well as the Principal Investments Division’s three heritage investments. In July 2008, SHUAA Partners announced the first closing of its US$200 million SHUAA Hospitality Fund I and made its first investment.

Gulf Finance Corporation (‘GFC’) is a wholly owned subsidiary of SHUAA. The company is focused on auto and construction equipment finance but is gradually expanding its consumer finance offering, particularly in the area of small and medium-sized commercial businesses.