KDB Daewoo looks set for new frontier market deals

KDB Daewoo Securities, a leading Asian investment banking firm is increasingly making its mark in the global market with the company’s developing role in financial industries and markets across the world.

The full-service investment firm with its financial group affiliates offers a wide range of investment and financial services such as securities trading and brokerage, underwriting, asset management, and international corporate finance in the Korean market and beyond.

The company which has a stronghold in the brokerage market is a viable top investment banking player globally.

Recently, it signed a $72 million investment deal in Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER aircraft –the latest in its sale-and-leaseback transactions.

Emirates Airlines is currently the fourth largest airline in the world, due to its customer base. KDB Daewoo broke the deal for a group of domestic investors and itself.

It would be recalled that the company last year successfully closed a $29-million deal for an Airbus 330-300 airplane operated by Finnair -the first for a Korean securities firm.

Relying on a thriving partnership with Dubai-based aircraft leasing and management company (Novus Aviation Capital), KDB Daewoo is looking at closing more aircraft investment deals around the world.

According to a representative of the company, there is an increasing demand for alternative investment opportunities, and the company has positioned itself to take up these opportunities as they come.

“Investors’ interest in aircraft deals is rapidly on the rise. Still, the actual number of investment cases in this area is quite limited. With the latest deal as a momentum, we will try to lead the market in the alternative investment area,” the KDB Daewoo officer said.

The company’s lenders include institutional investors participating in the securities market, including custodian banks, commercial banks, insurance companies, etc., while its borrowers comprise of trading securities investors, as well as domestic and foreign institutional investors. KDB Daewoo Securities, Indonesia is currently a leading player in the Indonesian Capital Market.