NBAD offers investment advisory services

"The NBAD Bespoke and Investment Advisory offer the UAE investor the benefits of highest quality of financial advisory through personlised investment strategies for each investor and allowing them to maximise exposure to global investment opportunities," says Alan Durrant, the Group Chief Investment Officer and General Manager of NBAD's Asset Management Group. "While much of the globe may suffer from a slowed growth, many parts of the world enjoy healthy economies and even recession-hit economies offer opportunities for growth. The NBAD Bespoke and Advisory Service allow investors to be plugged into these opportunities and take advantage."

Both services would be tailored by NBAD investment specialists to meet the risk and growth appetite of the investor.

The NBAD Bespoke combines a long-term strategic view, which reflects how NBAD specialists believe economies and markets evolve over the years. To achieve this goal, the NBAD Bespoke Service offers individually tailored investment portfolio services through a dedicated relationship manager and a team specialist who identifies the right opportunities in structured products, mutual funds, or money market instruments. The customised portfolio is designed based on an investor's risk tolerance to different asset classes, alternative investments and money markets. It also offers trust services through NBAD Trust Company (Jersey) Limited.

The NBAD Investment Advisory Services allows investors to invest in 1,300 stocks across 12 major MENA exchanges and 20 highly graded MENA bonds.

"The NBAD Advisory Services achieve returns for investors by effectively combining the discipline and psychology of a professional trader with the expertise of a financial advisor," Mr. Durrant says. "Whether you are an individual investor or an institution, NBAD tailor-made Investment Advisory Services allow you to capitalize on NBAD specialists' knowledge and expertise while putting the final decision in your hands."

The Bespoke and NBAD Advisory Service are brought to the market by NBAD's award-winning Asset Management Group. The Group has won numerous awards for its innovative and well-managed products. Most recently, it won the Best Asset Management House in Middle East by International Takaful Awards and the UAE Asset Manager of the Year in MENA Fund Manager Performance Awards, presented by Mena Fund Manager Magazine. Furthermore, the NBAD OneShare Dow Jones UAE 25 ETF, which was the region's first exchange-traded fund (ETF), has been named the Best Investment Product in the prestigious Banker Middle East Products Award 2011 sponsored by Banker Middle East magazine.

"The NBAD Bespoke and NBAD Advisory Services allow investors to diversify their investment across markets, sectors and several investment instruments and forms part of NBAD's contribution towards the development and maturing of the UAE's financial industry," Mr. Durrant says.