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| About AmInvestment Bank Group |
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A leader
in investment banking
AmInvestment Bank Group was incorporated as AmInvestment Group Berhad on 23 June 2004 as a public limited company. AmInvestment Bank Group is the investment holding company of the AmBank Group‘s investment banking business. |
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A brief history
AmInvestment Bank Berhad’s history can be traced to its beginnings in 1975 when the Arab-Malaysian Development Bank Berhad (AMDB) was incorporated as a joint venture merchant bank with 55% Malaysian and 45% Arab interest. In 1982, Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim acquired the entire issued and paid-up share capital of AMDB. The Bank changed its name in December 1983 to Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank Berhad (AMMB) and was subsequently listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia in December 1988.
Pursuant to a group restructuring exercise in 1992, AMMB became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMMB Holdings Berhad on 13 February 1992. The listing status of AMMB was transferred to AMMB Holdings Berhad. In 2002, the Group underwent a rebranding exercise and changed its name from Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank Berhad to AmMerchant Bank Berhad. |
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AmMerchant Bank commenced its expansion by:
1. Acquiring a stock broking firm, AmSecurities Sdn. Bhd.
2. Establishing a unit trust management company, AmInvestment Services Berhad and an asset management company, AmInvestment Management Sdn. Bhd.
3. Incorporating AmProperty Trust Management Berhad to launch the first property trust fund in Malaysia i.e. the AmFirst Property Trust.
4. Establishing offshore banking operations via AmInternational (L) Ltd.
5. Commencing Islamic banking activities. |
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| The listing of AmInvestment Group in May 2005 marked the culmination of the AmBank Group’s efforts in reorganising its investment banking, broking and funds management operations into a well-defined, client-focused banking group. In December 2006, as part of a streamlining exercise to provide more competitive investment banking expertise and service excellence to the financial markets, AmMerchant Bank Berhad was renamed AmInvestment Bank Berhad. Concurrently, its parent, AmInvestment Group was renamed AmInvestment Bank Group.
Today, AmInvestment Bank Group is the largest investment banking group in Malaysia with total assets of RM18.53 billion and shareholders' funds of RM2.18 billion as at 30 September 2006.
"The AmInvestment Bank Group aspires to be a pre-eminent provider of investment banking services." |
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